Education and gender:

Topic: Education and gender: same-sex school and their comparison to the mixed-sex ones

I have interest in this topic because I have always wondered what was different about same-sex schools (other than the obvious). As a future educator I wish to be versed in the alternative forms of education. Personally, I think same-sex schools allow learning without the distraction that comes with crushing on a classmate. However, the mixed-gender environment is argued to be more conducive to the development of social skills, better preparing them for the ‘real world.’ I aim to learn whether or not a single-sex environment improves students’ achievements and whether the effects are common for both genders.

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Jackson, C., & Bisset, M. (2005). Gender and School Choice: Factors Influencing Parents When Choosing Single-Sex or Co-Educational Independent Schools for Their Children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 35(2), 195–211.

Wong, W. I., Shi, S. Y., & Chen, Z. (2018). Students from single-sex schools are more gender-salient and more anxious in mixed-gender situations: Results from high school and college samples. PLoS ONE, 13(12), 1–23

Kocak, A. (2020). Single-Sex School Graduates in the Post-School Mixed-Sex Environment: A Study in Kazakhstan. European Journal of Contemporary Education, 9(1), 43–53

Makkawi, I. (2011). Success against the Odds: Palestinian Female Students Outperform Their Male Counterparts in Academic Achievement. Arab Studies Quarterly, 33(1), 44–61

Pahlke, E., & Hyde, J. S. (2016). The Debate Over Single-Sex Schooling. Child Development Perspectives, 10(2), 81–86

Hart, L. C. (2016). When “separate” may be better: Exploring single-sex learning as a remedy for social anxieties in female middle school students. Middle School Journal, 47(2), 32–40.