This online course is divided into four units that follow video clips clustered in each Unit sequentially, as well as the Power Point and Discussion Questions PDFs containing information, questions, and experiments aligned with the slides and video content.   There are approximately 250 discussion questions and practical exercises and tools in the video and written materials that comprise this course.

Throughout the Course, answers to questions attach to practical ideas you can utilize after reading each slide and viewing its video content.  Because of this organizational structure, it is not essential that you view each video clip and slide in exact order, but we do suggest you work with the four units in order because the new course content grows on previous information and strategies.

The Online Course for Your Professional Development Curriculum

Because this course comprises 6 hours of Professional Development, it is  perfect for PD days, and/or weekly PD and Professional Learning Community meetings.  If you would like to use the course this way, please email info@gurianinstitute.com to let us know the number of students in your PD day or PD/PLC hours.  You will be given a discount based on the number of students and then you will get access to all the files you need to run the 6 hours of PD.

Online Courses – Discount Prices

1-9 orders, $259 – Full price

10 – 29 orders, $229 – 10% discount (approximately)

30-49 orders, $179 – 30% discount (approximately)

50 or more orders, $129 – 50% discount (approximately)

Whether taken by an individual or by a group, funding for this course may come from any PD source, including school, local, state, or Title and other federal funds.

This Online Course and its Video and Written Content are Copyright © and Trademark® Protected, All Rights Reserved, Michael Gurian 2023

We are proud to be able to offer you more than four hours of video and supplementary content that cover the research-based Gurian philosophy and our science-based strategies for educating boys and girls most effectively.  Get ready to learn and apply practical applications that have been proven successful in schools and communities around the world!

If you would like to become a Gurian Certified Trainer, please go to our website, www.gurianinstitute.com/trainers to review the requirements and rewards of that designation.  To apply for certification, you can use that portal or write to Dr. Gurian at info@gurianinstitute.com.  This course can be used as the pre-requisite for certification.

Upon a student’s completion of the course, including the student’s development of a short Word document which provides answers to 20 of the questions in the course materials, GI will provide a 6 hour Certification document.  To request this 6 hour certification, please write info@gurianinstitute.com upon completion of the course.

Please reach out to our team as needed at info@gurianinstitute.com.

Target Audience for This Course: educators, administrators, counselors, social workers, early childhood specialists, coed and single sex educators, mentors, coaches, government agency professionals, faith leaders, and policy makers working with children and young adults.

For an Online Course targeted specifically to parents, grandparents, and others working in family systems, please see our The Minds of Boys and Girls – An Online Course for Parents on our Products page.

Pay via credit card to Pay Pal here.  Upon payment, you will receive a password that gives you access to the downloadable PPT and Discussion Questions PDF connected to the course, as well as a access to the video coursework in each unit.  

This course and all its units are sold on the understanding that each person taking the course will pay even if you and they share a computer or projector. On this basis, we have kept the price of the course low. If you are sharing a computer/projector with a group of others, please show them how to pay for the course and receive the PDFs and password.  

Thank you for taking this course and spreading the word.  We look forward to serving you and your community.

–Michael Gurian and the Gurian Institute Team, www.gurianinstitute.com.

You’ll find 31 video lessons within the 4  Sessions.

Streaming Video Clips for Unit 1

Chapter 1: The Ship and the Lighthouse
Chapter 2: What Is Happening in the Brains of Boys and Girls?
Chapter 3: Potential Questions from Your Students, Staff, and Leadership
Chapter 4: Four Aspects of He and She
Chapter 5: Sex on the Brain is Structural, Part 1
Chapter 6 (cont’d): Sex on the Brain is Structural, Part II
Chapter 7: Citizen Science, the Dolls and Trucks Experiment
Chapter 8: Brain Scans of Gender Differences in the Developing Brain

Streaming Video Clips for Unit 2

Chapter 1: Spatial and Movement-Based Teaching Strategies for Boys
Chapter 2: Graphical and Visual Teaching Strategies for Boys
Chapter 3: Male and Female Brain Structure—Memory and Rumination
Chapter 4: The Female Brain – White Matter and Gray Matter Activity
Chapter 5: Developing a Sense of Purpose via Gray Matter Concentration
Chapter 6: Spatial Intelligence and Competitive Motivation
Chapter 7: Aggression-Nurturance and Empathy Nurturance
Chapter 8: Brains in the Rest State

Streaming Video Clips for Unit 3

Chapter 1: The Bi-Strategic Approach and Competition
Chapter 2: Risk and Competition
Chapter 3: Screen Time and the Prefrontal Cortex
Chapter 4: Brain Breaks and Neurotoxins
Chapter 5: Strategies that Use Movement
Chapter 6: Bridge Brains
Chapter 7: Strategies for Boys, Part 1 – Movement and Mentoring
Chapter 8: Strategies for Boys, Part 2 – Relevance, Graphics, and Service
Chapter 9: Strategies for Boys, Part 3 – Project-Based and Vocational Learning

Streaming Video Clips for Unit 4

Chapter 1: Girls and Women in STEM Fields
Chapter 2: Math Strategies for Girls
Chapter 3: Relational Aggression – Boundaries and Resilience
Chapter 4: Relational Aggression – Learning Through Failure, Understanding Oxytocin/Bonding
Chapter 5: Relational Aggression vs. Relational Violence in Girls
Chapter 6: Relational Aggression vs. Relational Violence in Boys
FAQs

Contact the Gurian Institute at info@gurianinstitute.com for information on how a professional development plan can be designed to meet the needs of your organization and the families you serve.