Advantage of Single Sex Schools

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Two advantages of Single-sex Schools In the article “Single-sex classrooms the latest way to challenge gender roles in grade school”, the writer, Madeleine White, first mentions the fact that more and more single-sex classrooms have been instituted recently. Then, she gives some evidence of the advantages and disadvantages by using ideas of other educators. With this in mind, I do believe that single-sex classrooms are a good idea to create a better academic environment for students. Most importantly, being single sex ed Single Sex Education? ...separated by sex encourages students to break down outdated gender-stereotypes and helps construct their self-identity more effectively. I agree with some advocators that single-sex education can break down gender stereotypes, resulting in broadening educational prospects for both girls and boys, and reducing general distractions among students. First of all, gender-stereotypes are fixed and overgeneralized attitudes and behavior that are considered normal and appropriate for a person based on his or her biological sex. For example, in co-education schools, girls are Single Sex Ed Single Sex Education? Why would anyone want to go to an all girls' school? This is a question I have often pondered. Can you imagine school without the obnoxious ...more likely to choose art, but boys prefer to choose science. However, the supporter of single-sex education Dr. Leonard Sax says: “We want more girls engaged in robotics and computer programming and physics and engineering ;we want more boys engaged in poetry and creative writing and Spanish language” (Dr. Leonard Sax). There are different attitudes translating into the greater choice of non-traditional subjects among students in single-sex schools. Girls are free of the pressure to compete with boys in male-dominated Single Sex Education Single Sex Education? ...subjects such
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