Single Sex vs Mixed School
Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly insecondary education and higher education. Single-sex education in many cultures is advocated on the basis of tradition, as well as religion and is practiced in many parts of the world.
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|1.4 Middle East |
|1.5 Orthodox Jews |
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[edit]United Kingdom
A single-sex school is a school that advocates single-sex education. This has been the traditional situation for independent school in the United Kingdoms, especially public schools and grammar schools, but many of these have now become coeducational. In the state sector of the U.K. education system, the only single-sex primary schools are Winterbourne Junior Boys' School and Winterbourne Junior Girls' School (both in the London Borough of Croydon). The number of single-sex state schools has fallen from nearly 2,500 to just over 400 in 40 years. According to Alan Smithers, Professor of Education at Buckingham University, there was no evidence that single-sex schools were consistently superior. However, a 2009 analysis of Key Stage 2 and GCSE scores of more than 700,000 girls has revealed that those in all-female comprehensives make better progress than those who attend mixed secondaries.The largest improvements came among those who did badly at
|Contents |
| [hide] |
|1 Overview |
|1.1 United Kingdom |
|1.2 United States |
|1.3 Australia |
|1.4 Middle East |
|1.5 Orthodox Jews |
|2 See also |
|3 Footnotes |
|4 External links |
[edit]Overview
[edit]United Kingdom
A single-sex school is a school that advocates single-sex education. This has been the traditional situation for independent school in the United Kingdoms, especially public schools and grammar schools, but many of these have now become coeducational. In the state sector of the U.K. education system, the only single-sex primary schools are Winterbourne Junior Boys' School and Winterbourne Junior Girls' School (both in the London Borough of Croydon). The number of single-sex state schools has fallen from nearly 2,500 to just over 400 in 40 years. According to Alan Smithers, Professor of Education at Buckingham University, there was no evidence that single-sex schools were consistently superior. However, a 2009 analysis of Key Stage 2 and GCSE scores of more than 700,000 girls has revealed that those in all-female comprehensives make better progress than those who attend mixed secondaries.The largest improvements came among those who did badly at
References: 1. ^ Ruth Hayhoe (1996). China 's universities, 1895-1995: a century of cultural conflict. Taylor & Francis. p. 202. ISBN 0815318596. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 4. ^ Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 2324 The Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2007 , Schedule 6, regulation 11, clause 5(b). 7. ^ "Obituary - Professor Sir Bernard Williams". The Guardian. 2003-06-13. Retrieved 2009-05-08. 16. ^ Simmons, Carrie (2007-09-07). "History of Westford Academy".Westford Eagle. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 1. [pic]SirJolt says: October 27, 2009 at 11:30 pm 2. [pic]Keller says: October 28, 2009 at 8:35 am 3. [pic]Ross Duggan says: November 8, 2009 at 12:57 pm 4. [pic]Declan says: January 30, 2010 at 12:25 pm 5. [pic]Anonymous says: May 12, 2010 at 10:02 pm January 23, 2011 at 7:43 pm i feel that single schools are better as i went to a mixed school and all i could think of was boys it didnt help me in the education part