Karrie - I completely agree with a comment I heard last night about this issue: Educate according to the individual needs of the student, not the gender.
Wow, whoever said that is BRILLIANT! lol.
Karrie - I completely agree with a comment I heard last night about this issue: Educate according to the individual needs of the student, not the gender.
haha - I'll let her know.Wow, whoever said that is BRILLIANT! lol.
haha - I'll let her know.![]()
For some reason I can't multiple quote with my iPhone.
I have no problem with segregated schools for boys and girls when it is a choice.
As for the "brilliant" comment, make sure she doesn't hurt herself when she pats herself on the back, Zan. lol
Having been schooled in the UK when most schools were gender specific & having discussed our schooling system with male Brits in later years, I'd not be too keen on such a system. Bullying is far more prevalent in gender separated schools, we all experienced that & studies done in the sixties & seventies in the UK showed bullying to be more than halved in co-ed schools; one of the reasons they made the whole system co-ed I believe. And I do question the Board's statement: "promote math and science skills where boys typically excel." if it's saying boys excel moreso than girls? Not sure if that's what they're saying but, if so, I think there are many studies now showing that girls actually do much better in the sciences than boys as long as they're taught that they can do well, the 'dumb girls' message gets absorbed pretty early apparently. It well may be that boys do better in the sciences in an all boys environment though.I don't mind the idea of segregated schools IF, firstly, they have made sure that within the existing systems, it is possible for a girl who learns like a boy, or a boy who learns like a girl, to get a decent education. Segregating the genders into separate schools, to my way of thinking, is a response to the failure within the system to provide some individuals with what they need (enough science, enough arts, enough physical activity, etc.). It's an attempt to accomodate for a short coming. But, before they go ahead and make a change, they need to make sure that it actually solves the problem for as many students as possible, and in my opinion, it doesn't necessarily.
Then home-schooling is best because as soon as you get more than 2 or 3 students in a class individuality goes out the window.Karrie - I completely agree with a comment I heard last night about this issue: Educate according to the individual needs of the student, not the gender.