Single-Sex Education

By: Sarah, Heidy, Daniella, & Mattithyah

What is Single-Sex Education?

Separation of boys and girls. Voluntary Private or Public Entire schools or classes
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Where are these classroom?

First public in 1999 About 400 public 4 in 1998 to 540 in 2010

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Arguments against
-Reinforces gender stereotypes -Lack of funding -Increases incidents of bullying -Increases aggression among males -Impacts social development -Unconstitutional- "separate but equal" is never equal -Doesn't prepare students for the real world -Gender differences are not the same for every child

Arguments for
-Breaks down gender stereotypes -Increases test scores and grades -Students feel more comfortable -Increases focus of students -Cuts down on distractions -Allows students to branch out into genderatypical subjects -Doesn't have to use much funding

Brief Discussion
How would having single-sex classrooms affect the social development of the boys and girls? What instructional/classroom strategies would need to be changed from a co-ed class to a single-sex classroom?

Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/single-sex-classrooms-good-bad-kids-191300227.html;

_ylt=A2KLOzJrJP9PCAsAF6zQtDMD http://www.greatschools.org/find-a-school/defining-your-ideal/1139-single-sex-education-thepros-and-cons.gs?page=all http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/07/single-sex-education.html http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0708/Why-single-sex-education-isspreading-across-the-US/(page)/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3MSJZu45iQ&feature=related http://ed300-singlesexclassrooms.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html http://www.education.com/topic/gender-differences/ http://www.singlesexschools.org/research-singlesexvscoed.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/education/23single.html http://www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141692830/are-single-sex-classrooms-better-for-kids http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dXQDE-l7sI/TCDQMLyiyZI/AAAAAAAAAAs/pqwnJPTFG24/s1600/Google+Earth+image.jpg http://www.singlesexschools.org/links-books.htm

Link for Quiz

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