Should boys and girls be educated separately???

Question

A recent study said that this would be beneficial to both sexes...

Answer 1

It's a toss up. I've also read information explaining that boys and girls have such different learning styles and strengths that it would benefit both to be educated seperately.

BUT, the social interaction gained from co-ed education is also important.

I guess, if your child is struggling in school, you might want to consider an all boy or all girl school geared towards their specific needs. Otherwise, the challenge of non-gender focused education and the benefit of social interaction might make the pitfalls worthwhile.

The article I read was inspired by a book called, "The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life" which investigates the "male learning style" that is at odds with most co-ed educational practices leaving people to believe boys are more "difficult." Teaching methods that focus on the strengths of boys, turn failing students into boys who excel.

Teachers have a difficult enough time as it is without asking them to teach boys and girls differently within the same classroom.

Thirty years ago, boys, not girls, were the high performers in schools. Today, test scores, grades and dropout rates show boys are achieving at levels far below girls. Internationally, fourth-grade girls significantly outperformed boys in the eight leading industrialized nations, and 15-year-old boys have been surpassed by 15-year-old girls among the 28 countries involved in the Program for International Student Assessment.

“Brain research has shown differences in male and female brains that can affect preferred learning styles and communication,” says Mary Ann Clark, UF associate professor of counselor education and principal investigator. “It has been suggested that public school curriculum may not be teaching ‘to the boys’ and that public school teaching styles are more suitable for girls.”

p.s. Many answerers have focused on the sexual distraction, but children who don't have raging hormones (i.e. those who are age 5, 6, 7, etc.) are also affected.

Answer 2

Yes. The reason is simple. Boys and girls, when educated separately, both do better academically and with a lot fewer social problems. This is a reliable and easily demonstrable pattern, particularly with minority students, who make the largest gains when this is done. A child goes to school to learn, not to socialize. The term "socialize" bears greater scrutiny here. What is actually happening when children are educated together is they get far greater contact with members of the opposite sex at a young age than is normal. They start to take on adult behaviors (in other words, they start having sex and try to act like adults). However, they are too young for this and many of them take on a pathological character to these things.....teen pregnancy, lack of bonding with their partner and psychologically primitive beliefs about sex, relationships and love are the result.

The reason I bring this up is that the liberals would have you believe that it is good to "socialize the child" even though it is extremely clear that this hurts them academically. But, the truth is that they are doing poorly academically because "socialization" at such a young age is BAD FOR THEM. That sort of experience is better delayed into the late teens and early twenties. Dealing with the opposite sex is an ADULT undertaking and putting children of the opposite sex together at a time when their bodies are far ahead of their minds with regard to this is a spectacularly bad thing to do.

Educating separately can be an effective way of preventing many problems that seem to plague our society these days. Certainly, you can't argue with the outcome....better grades, less drug use, less teen pregnancy and better adjusted people with more success with their relationships as they become adults.

Answer 3

The study is based on the current educational system. Most educational systems are designed to create a mailable workforce for the upper class. It does not inspire creativity and crushes children with pressure.

Would depriving someone of the opposite sexes viewpoint be beneficial? I say no.

Would keeping horny teenagers focuses on their school work instead of sex be beneficial? Absolutely, but self control is a skill that is not graded by school systems. A skill we all need to learn.

Answer 4

Yes, studies have shown that boys and girls learn differently, and both boys and girls show improved learning when they are taught separately. For example, girls do better in science and math when they are taught in an all female environment by a female teacher, and boys do better in the language and art classes when they are taught in an all male environment. This also helps to reduce the peer pressure associated with the opposite sex during their teenage years.

However, I would keep both sexes in the same school and provide them with some interaction. Both sexes need to learn how to relate to one another. Just separate them for certain classes.

Answer 5

I think in some respects it could. There's always room to learn from each other, but even at young ages there tends to be tension between girls and boys (at younger ages, this being fears of cooties). Of course in this culture it's getting to where younger and younger kids are worrying about having "boyfriends" and "girlfriends". So it would take away some distractions. I would personally advocate it, but especially as the kids grow older.

Answer 6

attempt to communicate approximately the two the specialists and the cons. I went to an all boys college, and that i might probable have finished plenty much less artwork if it have been a mixed college. notwithstanding, I ignored out a sprint socially, and in spite of the undeniable fact that i'm getting on properly with ladies, i'm no longer good at drawing close women human beings that i'm drawn to. in my view, infants ought to have a sprint bit the two - college isn't purely approximately guidance, it is approximately getting to know who you're the two academically and socially. i wish this facilitates =oD

Answer 7

Would love to see that study.
I dont see much benifit and see more social pitfalls as a result of this.
It seems with more and more women joining the workforce then it seems crucial to teach boys and girls to work together.
Besides unless the curriculum would be different (and now why would it be different?) I dont see the point.
Now I do think people of different IQ's should be educated seperatly... on core subjects...but thats against the law blah blah blah.

Answer 8

Opinons on this vary, but a girl's school in NYC claims the girls do much better when not distracted sexually by the presence of males.

Answer 9

I disagree, as we are all humans- the only difference is gender. I think it is beneficial to keep genders together in Schools.

Answer 10

am of the opinion that they should be educated together coz n\both the genders should be aware of the other's behaviour...after all they are going to be partners in their remaining lives and they should know abt the merits and demerits of being with them.....starting from the school days