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Topic Started: Aug 2 2006, 05:55 AM (759 Views)
dolmansaxlil
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There are currently some experimental classrooms in the Toronto area that are trying out exactly what you describe, Opti. Grades 7-9, math and language classrooms in a co-ed public school. They've seperated the boys and girls for those two subjects only. Achievement has gone up for both sexes. The students say that they feel more confident speaking up because they don't have the intimidation factor of the opposite sex. The most marked improvement was in the boys language classes. Boys, especially, felt that they could speak up more on issues that involved emotions when girls weren't in the room.

The boys and girls are still integrated for all other subjects, and in grade 10, they go back to being in co-ed classes for all subjects. So far, the study has shown that the academics remain higher than that of their peers - the ones who had co-ed classes in gr 7/8 language - presumably because the "worst" of the self-consciousness around the opposite sex has passed, and they managed to learn more during the three years they spent in segregated classes.

I'm not sure how I feel about the idea, but there's some other research coming out of these classes as far as how girls and boys learn that has certainly been useful.
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Aug 3 2006, 08:30 AM
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Aug 3 2006, 05:04 AM
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Aug 2 2006, 08:40 PM


There's something to be said for an academic environment that doesn't have all the weird sexual stuff going on in the classroom--the competition, the flirting, the obsession about clothes, etc.


Ah, but at an all-girls' school there is obsession with clothes and LOADS of competition, LOTS of slut-like attitudes (they were the "cool" ones who went to the boys' school across the road when the day was over), and so much behind-your-back talking

Not necessarily.

My school wasn't like that at all. Dress was very casual, sometimes in sweats or even pajamas. Most people didn't even really worry about hair or makeup because. . . who to impress?

I did appreciate the academic environment that you described, Nina; and I think the general consensus among the girls I talked to was that they were more confident speaking up in class because there were no guys present that they felt they needed to impress. I guess the biggest beef I had with that was that it's *not* a realistic representation of the environments the students will face once they leave that academic world and enter the "real" world and their careers.

Your school sounds really good!

Maybe mine was like that because it was a "top notch" private school yada yada and most girls felt they had to act better than everyone else. :shrug: I do know that I can still spot a Shrewsbury High School girl a mile away. They always go for the "glam" look and the "posh" look. Same with Shrewsbury School boys. :rolleyes:

I'm glad I had the experience, though. I think that it was SO much better than the education I got at an American HS. I was disappointed in the education system when I came back, but it was just about tolerable.
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Hmmm. . . now I see you're talking about H.S. I was referring to my college experience. Can't compare apples and oranges. And you will find girls like you described at ANY high school! It's just the age.
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Hmmm. . . now I see you're talking about H.S. I was referring to my college experience. Can't compare apples and oranges. And you will find girls like you described at ANY high school! It's just the age.

Yeah....I guess so. Well...yeah, I know so!
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