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As it happens, in my line of work, a great many workplaces end up single-sex or nearly so by default. I've been working in a position at an early childhood center most recently, and apart from our part-time custodian, there is not one single male employee on the entire campus.
As it happens, in my line of work, a great many workplaces end up single-sex or nearly so by default. I've been working in a position at an early childhood center most recently, and apart from our part-time custodian, there is not one single male employee on the entire campus.
Yes, that still is the case in many schools.
As a former teacher, my primary concern with single-sex schools would be teacher bias. If schools are grouped by gender under the preconceived notion that kids learn differently BECAUSE of their gender, they will be taught differently, and not always in a beneficial way. Teachers expectations will be biased. I think it also reinforces gender stereotypes. As a former student in a single-sex school, I know it does.
My experience has been that there is more difference in learning styles among boys of the same age group than between boys and girls.
My experience has been that there is more difference in learning styles among boys of the same age group than between boys and girls.
Having worked for a long time in a program that, despite not being in a single-sex school, was populated exclusively by male students, I share that particular experience.
As a former teacher, my primary concern with single-sex schools would be teacher bias. If schools are grouped by gender under the preconceived notion that kids learn differently BECAUSE of their gender, they will be taught differently, and not always in a beneficial way. Teachers expectations will be biased. I think it also reinforces gender stereotypes. As a former student in a single-sex school, I know it does.
My experience has been that there is more difference in learning styles among boys of the same age group than between boys and girls.
everywhere I read it says that single sex schools have less gender stereotypes
Yes, and in fact, women-only colleges and universities tend to have a rate of alumni who are more successful than co-ed colleges and universities.
I've read similar online, although it's a much smaller pool so I'm not sure how it's compared.
I don't know if boys and girls learn differently. It was just my experience that there was so much malarkey with boys and girls in school. People crushing on each other. Girls competing for certain boys and vice versa. There was a lot of wasted time and I would love it if my daughter could skip some of it. Plus, the women I know who attended all girl schools seem to be doing fine in life. I don't know of any socialization issues.
The first link seems to be going on an assumption that school is the only form of socialization. I don't think that's necessary and I would bet that activities outside and beyond school are becoming more common (outside school related sports, volunteer work, org memberships, etc).
People learn differently. There are any number of variables that affect this in any given individual.
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