The Pros and Cons of Same Sex Classrooms

The Pros and Cons of Same Sex Classrooms

It is a well known fact that men and women are very distinct creatures but just how different are we? Are the differences large enough for us to create an educational gap between the two groups or are our counterparts compliments to us that will in reality benefit us? For long there has been a heated debate about this subject because some people simply belief that the key to a successful education is sexual segregation.
An argument in which I can play devils advocate for is that of the biological differences between men and women that result in a distinct way of thinking and learning for each sex. In the Article Boys and Girls Thrive in Separate Classrooms the author references a study from the US department of education that states that it is beneficial for girls to attend single sex schools because it caters to their way of learning (Reed pg 542). Countering that argument is the article Single-Sex Classrooms: Do they offer Advantages?, it is argued that while the two sexes have shown to think in different ways but that the difference is only trivial and is not applicable to all people. This article also states that some of the schools and teachers that are jumping into the brain-differences campaign are personalizing teaching to each individual sex such as using cosmetics as a learning device (Barnett and Rivers pg 540). The reality of the situation is that there is not enough proof to infer that all people think the same, the US Department of Education case is not applicable to all students. Another Key point I believe exist is the isolation of the genders and the distinct way things are taught to personalize school for these individuals might harm them in the future. For example a male individual in a same sex school might not have too much curriculum centered around analytical thinking and when he has to apply analytical thinking in his field of work it might be tad too difficult for him. While a school might shape their curriculum in the way they view...

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