Every single person in this world has been impacted by education in some way. Whether you have children who are still in school, are a college student, or even live in a third world country, education has impacted your life in some shape or form. Although there are multiple definitions and levels of what education can entail, focusing more on the school setting of education has always been of interest to me. In today’s world, there are schools of all types, philosophies and/or models. Private, public, charter, and ones of different religious backgrounds, are just a few examples of the different philosophies and models in education. One specific type of schooling that stuck out to me when researching about different types of schooling was single-sex
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After repeatedly finding articles that had negative things to say about these schools, I found an interesting article that took a different viewpoint and discussed the positive effects that attending single-sex schools can have. This article titled, “Single-sex Education in Northern Canada: A Case Study of Trapline Elementary School” was a summary of a case study done in Trapline Elementary School where the progress and effects of students was tracked. The article pointed out positive benefits that came from this elementary school and their single-sex schooling technique. The school itself was actually a co-ed school, but they organized classes into single-sex settings. The first benefit the study found was that these classrooms benefitted the students in social-emotional ways. Blakesley pointed out in his article that, “There appears to be an increased ability for students to share their concerns, issues, and challenges in a single-sex setting. In particular, students identified that they felt more comfortable raising their hand, talking, and sharing ideas in a single-sex classroom” (7). The idea of students feeling more comfortable in class is outstanding. To any parent considering these schools, this way of organizing classes into single-sex may be more appealing to them. After hearing that the students felt more comfortable as well, parents would most likely be happier sending their children off to school. One other thing the article pointed out was that there are academic benefits to single-sex classrooms. “Both boys and girls described that they found the single-sex classroom less distractive without the other sex present, resulting in a greater ability to focus”, said Blakesley, “students appreciated that teachers could pick topics of specific interest to them, thereby tapping into their motivations more easily. As a result,
After repeatedly finding articles that had negative things to say about these schools, I found an interesting article that took a different viewpoint and discussed the positive effects that attending single-sex schools can have. This article titled, “Single-sex Education in Northern Canada: A Case Study of Trapline Elementary School” was a summary of a case study done in Trapline Elementary School where the progress and effects of students was tracked. The article pointed out positive benefits that came from this elementary school and their single-sex schooling technique. The school itself was actually a co-ed school, but they organized classes into single-sex settings. The first benefit the study found was that these classrooms benefitted the students in social-emotional ways. Blakesley pointed out in his article that, “There appears to be an increased ability for students to share their concerns, issues, and challenges in a single-sex setting. In particular, students identified that they felt more comfortable raising their hand, talking, and sharing ideas in a single-sex classroom” (7). The idea of students feeling more comfortable in class is outstanding. To any parent considering these schools, this way of organizing classes into single-sex may be more appealing to them. After hearing that the students felt more comfortable as well, parents would most likely be happier sending their children off to school. One other thing the article pointed out was that there are academic benefits to single-sex classrooms. “Both boys and girls described that they found the single-sex classroom less distractive without the other sex present, resulting in a greater ability to focus”, said Blakesley, “students appreciated that teachers could pick topics of specific interest to them, thereby tapping into their motivations more easily. As a result,