Co-Educational_or_Single_Sex_Essay

Single gender schools are better for a better education instead of co-educational schools. Single gender school has only gender so people will focus more on their studies and will not show off in front of the other gender. Girls are more outspoken and competitive when boys are not around to tease them. They also feel more comfortable participating in sports and traditionally male dominated fields when boys are not watching. Boys become less competitive and collaborate more because they do not have to worry about girls’ opinions of them. They can also feel free to participate in the arts with a class full of other boys. Gender differences run much deeper than learned behaviours we adopt by watching our parents. They come from differences in the way we process information. Educational curricula that ignore these learning differences are more likely to produce boys who struggle with language and communication and girls who have little confidence in their mathematic and scientific abilities. Once girls go through puberty and look like women, the boys at their schools sexually harass them. A single gender school would make it impossible to be sexually harassed. In a study done by the Australian Council for Education Research comparing single sex and coeducation found the results that showed that both boys and girls who were educated in single-sex classrooms scored higher than did boys and girls in coeducation settings. Think about how much better a high school boy would do in his school work if he was not distracted by all of the dazzling young women surrounding him. The same applies to a young woman whom is trying to be studious, when she is constantly being bothered by immature high school males. Guys would learn to be more mature and have fewer distractions in classes. Guys would concentrate on their schoolwork and actually learn something rather than trying to get a girl’s attention affecting the learning of both. Girls and boys would have a chance to shine and at picking what subjects they want instead of having the fear of being teased by picking a stereotyped subject. Some studies have shown that both male and female students who have been educated in single-sex environments have a stronger preference for subjects that are stereotypically aligned with the opposite sex. Girls will be more outspoken and competitive because boys would not be around to tease them. Boys will become less competitive and will not worry about what the girls think about them. Also the traditional ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ classes would not matter because they would be in the subject with the same gender and not be teased. This in turn gives an opportunity for both girls and boys to experience each ‘stereotyped’ subjects. Girls would also more likely participate in sports with lots of confidence. This freedom builds confidence and provides more future skills and experience. Boys and girls process information differently thus should be taught using different styles. Gender differences run much deeper than learned behaviours we adopt by watching our parents. They come from differences in the way we process information. Scientists have discovered that some of the behaviours that differentiate boys from girls are the result of differences in the way our brains develop and operate. Educational curricula that ignore these learning differences are more likely to produce boys who struggle with language and communication and girls who have little confidence in their mathematic and scientific abilities. Teaching boys and girls using the same style and approach will not close the gap on these gender differences; rather, they further the stereotypes that hinder learning and can cause members of each gender to give up on success in certain subject areas. Girls after puberty would look like women and boys at their school would sexually harass them. We all go through puberty during a stage in our lives, and after girls develop women like features would be sexually harassed by boys at their school. Girls are under enormous peer pressure to be pretty and dress like the sexy images of females they see on television and magazines. They are terrified of being fat. Eleven percent would abort a child if it had a tendency for obesity. By age nine, half the girls are on diets and by high school, many are on starvation diets. These diets take away the girls' ability to concentrate and perform well in school. Another thing that might affect a girls’ learning in Co-educational schools is that girls are becoming more sexually active. Recent study by the Australian Council for Education Research shows that both boys and girls scored higher average in percentile ranks than the boys and girls in co-education settings. In a study done by the Australian Council for Education Research comparing single sex and coeducation found the results that showed that both boys and girls who were educated in single-sex classrooms scored on average 15 to 22 percentile ranks higher than did boys and girls in coeducation settings. They also found that boys and girls in single sex schools were more likely to be better behaved and to find learning more enjoyable and the curriculum more relevant. The evidence concluded that coeducational settings are limited by their capacity to accommodate the large differences in psychological, social and development growth rates of boys and girls aged between 12 and 16. Yes, it is true that it means the opposite gender do not get a chance to socialize with each other. Better grades and higher education is more important however. In turn a person attending a single gender school would have a better chance to chase their dream and future career of what they want to be. Psychologically boys and girls absorb information and learn differently as research shown so higher grades would give the child higher education in his or her future. In Conclusion, it is better off to attend a single gender schools instead of co-educational schools. The stereotyping and teasing which deter boys and girls would be completely eliminated in single gender schools. Emotionally it would be easier and an overall easier learning environment. Teachers would be able to teach better using the appropriate style of teaching for the gender specific school.