Female Education
Jon Spayde, said, “What sort of society do we want? What is the nature of humankind? How do we learn best? And – most challenging of all – what is the Good?” author of the article, Learning In The Key of Life. Females and males learn very differently from each other and both of their educations can suffer because of the education being taught these days. A single gender environment is essential for the proper education of females. Females won’t be productive learners and will not reach full potential. Females need the proper education because their minds are more complex then males and have a different psychology then males also. Females need an education that caters to their educational needs and a single gender environment …show more content…
Everyone knows that females have a more complex mind than of males. Females have a more abstract way of thinking. According to Michael Gurian, author of the book, Boys and Girls Learn Differently: A Guide for Teachers and Parents, he suggests that females have what he calls “learning advantage”. He explains how females have such an active mind which means and that is why females excelled in English. They are able to analyze and see beyond the words in front of them. According to, Abigail Norfleet James, author of the book, Teaching the Female Brain: How Girls Learn Math and Science, she explains how females have what is called “math anxiety” and this is why females steer away from math and science. It’s a more of male dominated subjects. Females tend to stress out and because of this stress they don’t take academic risk. Females rather stick to what they know then venture out into unknown territory. Positive encouragement is a teaching style that James explains. The positive encouragement shows the female what she can be capable of and pushes them to be more of a risk taker. This way they become more productive learners and succeed in their academic career. Providing the female with positive role models who have succeed in math and science is also a helpful strategy. It shows the female students those there others like themselves who have overcame the struggle they also face. Females need an education that is going to cater to there …show more content…
Females and males have a hormonal difference. Now day’s classrooms are formed and called an “androgynous classroom”. For many years’ educators have thought this was the best way to educate students because of this more focus is put on the males because they have more behavioral problems and more learning disables. (Gurian) According to, Harry Daniels, author of the article, Gender and Learning: Equity, Equality, and Pedagogy, he states,
“There has been a shift away from public concern about girls’ achievement to boys’ achievement at school in exams. The concern about ‘boys’ underachievement’ has been characterized in educational policy initiatives at national, local and school levels, most significantly in the imposition of a national literacy strategy.”
There is a more obvious focus on males then females in an androgynous classroom. According to, Joann Deak, PhD, author of, How Girls Thrive, states that studies have shown that females are productive learners in these types of environments. Studied asked males if they thought they learned differently from females. One male said
“Yeah their brains are completely different. I mean I read a book, I’ve seen this in a newspaper somewhere, and it showed you the bits inside the brain that tell you to do different things and a girls’ brain looks completely different to the inside of a boy’s”
Jon Spayde, said, “What sort of society do we want? What is the nature of humankind? How do we learn best? And – most challenging of all – what is the Good?” author of the article, Learning In The Key of Life. Females and males learn very differently from each other and both of their educations can suffer because of the education being taught these days. A single gender environment is essential for the proper education of females. Females won’t be productive learners and will not reach full potential. Females need the proper education because their minds are more complex then males and have a different psychology then males also. Females need an education that caters to their educational needs and a single gender environment …show more content…
Everyone knows that females have a more complex mind than of males. Females have a more abstract way of thinking. According to Michael Gurian, author of the book, Boys and Girls Learn Differently: A Guide for Teachers and Parents, he suggests that females have what he calls “learning advantage”. He explains how females have such an active mind which means and that is why females excelled in English. They are able to analyze and see beyond the words in front of them. According to, Abigail Norfleet James, author of the book, Teaching the Female Brain: How Girls Learn Math and Science, she explains how females have what is called “math anxiety” and this is why females steer away from math and science. It’s a more of male dominated subjects. Females tend to stress out and because of this stress they don’t take academic risk. Females rather stick to what they know then venture out into unknown territory. Positive encouragement is a teaching style that James explains. The positive encouragement shows the female what she can be capable of and pushes them to be more of a risk taker. This way they become more productive learners and succeed in their academic career. Providing the female with positive role models who have succeed in math and science is also a helpful strategy. It shows the female students those there others like themselves who have overcame the struggle they also face. Females need an education that is going to cater to there …show more content…
Females and males have a hormonal difference. Now day’s classrooms are formed and called an “androgynous classroom”. For many years’ educators have thought this was the best way to educate students because of this more focus is put on the males because they have more behavioral problems and more learning disables. (Gurian) According to, Harry Daniels, author of the article, Gender and Learning: Equity, Equality, and Pedagogy, he states,
“There has been a shift away from public concern about girls’ achievement to boys’ achievement at school in exams. The concern about ‘boys’ underachievement’ has been characterized in educational policy initiatives at national, local and school levels, most significantly in the imposition of a national literacy strategy.”
There is a more obvious focus on males then females in an androgynous classroom. According to, Joann Deak, PhD, author of, How Girls Thrive, states that studies have shown that females are productive learners in these types of environments. Studied asked males if they thought they learned differently from females. One male said
“Yeah their brains are completely different. I mean I read a book, I’ve seen this in a newspaper somewhere, and it showed you the bits inside the brain that tell you to do different things and a girls’ brain looks completely different to the inside of a boy’s”