Do you believe that single sex schools are better for a students education?

It is true that the GPA is higher in single sex schools but I find that it's mainly because it's a private school and you have to have a fair amount of knowledge to get it.

Do you think single sex or diverse gender is better for education and why? How would it affect them socially?

Social learning is important too, and if you take out that extra element, it really affects someone negatively in the long run. It is necessary to have a balance between social and logical levels of learning, otherwise you will be [doomed] to fail in the future. Single-sex schools only damage a person more. 

I don't buy the idea that single sex education would be better for them education-wise. Depending on the maturity of the students (which, their kids, you would expect some level of immaturity for most of them), I think single sex environment would only make it less distracted from interactions with the opposite sex, but not the education that they get. I actually think that if the student is a diligent learner in the classroom, having both genders in there would be beneficial just because of the differences in thinking and approach both genders can have and contribute. Guys and girls think and approach problems differently and you won't be able to see the other view without actually interacting with them. There may be conflicts or time of getting used to when these different learning styles clash, but if the student actually learns and become educated in both worlds, they would be more equipped.

As for socially, I think it depends on the student's environment outside of school as well. Going to a single sex school doesn't necessarily mean that person would not know how to interact with the opposite sex. They could have other groups outside of school and have their interaction there. In the opposite way, if a student is antisocial towards the opposite sex, the student wouldn't know how to interact with people of the opposite sex no matter what school the student goes to.

So, I guess from all of that, I am more in support of both genders in the classroom if I want a more wholesome education for the child.

I don't see the point in gender segregation in education, it's like sheltering them from something that's natural (being around the opposite gender), though it could be noted that same-sex schools do have a high homosexuality level with curious teens (in my opinion).

No. Single sex schools are not a good idea. Students may be less distracted and do better on tests, but they will not develop social skills for the real world. They will be used to being around only their own gender for their entire life, and won't know what to do around the opposite sex. It will make them socially awkward in a way. So while they may do better in class, they will not develop the social skills that they will need throughout their life. It is not worth it, in my opinion, so I think that single sex schools are not a good idea.

I don't believe that is the case, sure, GPA might be higher, but students are also opened to new ideas and views when they are in a classroom with students of the opposite sex. Everybody has different views, and with students segregated based on gender in classrooms, they may finish their education with their views only, not able to learn other opinions that may vary drastically from what they believe.

In my opinion not. You go to school to develop social and educational skills. Maybe students do better on tests if they are with the same gender the whole time but if you would need a good job later you need to be able to talk with everybody including people from the opposite sex (unless it's a job that requires one sex to do but those are very few jobs) so if you are socially not developed enough, you will have trouble finding a good job or even finding a partner. They might be better for learning, but since people have to improve socially as well, I would say single sex schools are not useful.

In the short term, yes. But, necessary to education is how to interact with the other gender. Long term side effects of someone without a mitigating factor is no social skills when it comes to the other gender. Which means all the education is worthless 50% of the time.

I don't think single sex schools are better for learning because social skills are very helpful for learning and in single sex schools, there aren't as many opportunities to improve your social skills.

Depends. Single sex schools would take out the obvious heterosexual attraction and therefore assist heterosexual people in learning as there is no opposite gender to concentrate on. However, if there is single sex schools then the people attending won't understand how to speak to the opposite gender casually. Unless they speak to them outside of school. So it depends how you view the topic really. Personally I think it's a bad idea because it's good for heterosexuals to be able to speak to potential partners without being fearful. Also having single sex schools may result in increased violence to prove dominance over the others. Males are typically the gender wanting to prove they are better than everyone else. (Not all males I am aware) However, if males are in a single sex school they will fight to prove they are better than everyone else.

No, it's not a good idea. Part of high school involves learning how to behave yourself and coexist with the opposite gender. If you spend your formative years of schooling only around your same gender, you're at a disadvantage when you get to college or when you start your first job, because you wouldn't know how to conduct yourself around the opposite gender.

tornadocam :

take orders from a female boss

From this statement, you appear to think that single-sex schools do not have teachers of the opposite sex. As someone who has been in all-boys schools for nearly all my life, I can assure you that this is not the case.

Anyways,  on the actual topic, I really don't think there's much of a difference between single-sex schools and mixed schools in terms of education standard.

(Also, Vizzed, y u no have quote tags?)

Well, I am just a sandwich, so I could not provoke whether single sex is ok or not.





(Probly better for learning, not better for puberty)

In as little words possible:

The world is males and females mixed, why would what prepares you for the world be the same?

in terms of learning yes i think kids would have a lot less distraction in that type of enviorment however part of the reason of going to school is to learn social skills so if there only with the same sex how will they ever learn to interact with the opposite sex

I can understand how the straight can be distracted by the opposite sex, I must say I'm guilty. However I'm not stupid enough (and I'm sure a lot of others aren't either) to blow learning away over some girl.