Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Response to article on Lucas site
"Gender Matters" by Amy Standen discusses the pros and cons of single sex schools. Students at the 49er academy in California turned down the option of going coed. It seems that both sexes perform better when separated. The do come into contact at times, but only for a short period of time. The boys are less distracted and behave better. The girls are unashamed of showing their capabilities and perform better in male dominated subjects such as math and science. I feel that education is extremely important and as long as there is a positive outcome for both groups, this method is great. Gender role stereotypes exist within this society; however, even though there are definitely differences between the sexes, by addressing the needs of each group, we help them both.
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Angel I agree. I think it promotes a unique atmosphere for the students who attend a single gender school. But if learning is occuring why does it matter whether or not there are boys and girls in the classroom? By attributing so much focus to the fact a school is single gender are we not further perpetutating the stereotypical differences? Shouldn't that school be looked at like any other fuctioning educational institution?
Angel,
I meant to post this comment last week, but I had some technology problems (actually I couldn't figure out how to log in, but shhhhh!) Here is my comment:
I read the same article and agree with your point of view. In fact, your point of view was mine exactly! You should read the comments on my blog bc there were dissenting views that brought up good points for the opposing perspective. I think it would be interesting to take those same teachers and place them in a co-ed environment, but with small class sizes. Perhaps the gender isolation isn't the factor that affects learning. Maybe it is just the class size? Maybe the teachers? Maybe both?
Angel, I read the same article and agree with your point of view. In fact, your point of view was mine exactly! You should read the comments on my blog bc there were dissenting views that brought up good points for the opposing perspective. I think it would be interesting to take those same teachers and place them in a co-ed environment, but with small class sizes. Perhaps the gender isolation isn't the factor that affects learning. Maybe it is just the class size? Maybe the teachers? Maybe both?
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