Single-gender education Single-gender education what is it

Single-gender education

Single-gender education: what is it? • Single-gender education - is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or study in separate buildings or schools.

Some reasons why singlesex education appeared • Girls and boys brains are different, so they learn and behave differently • Children shouldn’t distract from the education • Single-sex schools give their students an opportunity to focus on the education and get more knowledge • Teachers can adapt to their needs • Students can be more involved in social activity

History • Single-sex schooling was traditionally the norm for secondary schools in the United Kingdom, especially for private, grammar and secondary modern schools, but most UK schools are now coeducational. • Single-sex education was common in 19 th and in the beginning of the 20 th century not only in Great Britain, but in other countries as well.

the pros and cons Negative side Positive side • Students of the opposite sex can be a distraction • Teachers can use techniques geared toward the gender of the student • Some research show that girls learn better when classroom temperature is warm, and boys perform better in cold ones. So the temperature in a single-sex classroom can be set to optimize the learning of either male or female students • Single-sex schools can break down gender stereotypes • Few teachers are trained to use genderspecific teaching techniques. • There can be sensitive boys and assertive girls, and the teaching style promoted for single-sex education can be ineffective or even detrimental • Educating students in single sex schools limits their opportunity to work cooperatively and co-exist successfully with members of the opposite sex • there is less academic disparity between male and female students overall and a far greater achievement gap between students in different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups, with poor and minority students children faring poorly. Bridging that academic chasm, they argue, deserves more attention than does the gender divide.

British educational research journal. What did the survey show? • The authors found that girls fared better in examinations at age 16 at single-sex schools, while boys achieved similar results at single-sex or co-educational schools. • Girls rated their abilities in maths and sciences higher if they went to a girls' school, and boys rated their abilities in English higher if they went to a boys' school, i. e. gender stereotyping was weaker in the single-sex sector. • Later in life, women who had been to single-sex schools went on to earn higher wages than women who had been to co-educational schools.

Why is co-education better? (in my opinion) • Boys and girls can learn a lot from each other. • Research shows that boys coax girls into greater physicality, which is good for both the body and the mind. While girls have a calming effect on boys, helping them focus and settle down in their quieter classes. • They both help each other grow socially. What single-sex schools do is deny the students their ability to mature. • It is true that in single-sex schools grades are shown to be better, but that education is useless if you don’t have the experience to use it in real life. In real life, men and women are not isolated from each other, they interact with each other daily and work together in almost every job in existence.