SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION
English 101
Professor Seth Sircoff
February 13, 2009
There are many schools that practice single-sex education. Same-sex schools adopt this system to enhance educational value, and to maximize instructive skills. Although co-educational schooling is most common, it is important to take same-sex education as an alternative method of teaching. Many studies indicate that it can be advantageous for both genders; therefore, it is significant to take it into account.
One great misconception regarding single sex-education is that same sex schools are segregated in order to enforce the expected roles of men and women. However, the soul purpose of single-sex schools is to generate well-educated students. Same-sex schooling throws out any distractions that are eminent in normal schools and, therefore, can focus merely on education. According to Kristin Caplice’s article in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, The Case for Public Single-Sex Education, there are numerous advantages to a same-sex school. The article states that students have no sexual distractions. The absence of male students creates a more academic and competitive atmosphere for girls, and the absence of girls creates a more responsible and committed ambiance for males. It is also important to say that same-sex schools allow administrators and teachers the freedom to structure an educational program accordingly to both genders, in a curriculum tailored to the divergent needs and interests of boys and girls.
However, in Same-Sex Classes are a Step Back, Ellen Goodman states that co-ed schools are the best alternative for education. She says that we live in a society where both genders are constantly interacting, and that youth should be ready to face the world we live in. Also, in Single-sex Schooling: Is it just a ‘class act’? Georgina Tsolidis states that same sex schooling is more beneficial for females than for men. Nevertheless, boys tend to do better in co-educational schools because girls influence boys when it comes to responsibility and constancy.
Successful education is necessary in every aspect. It is important that parents be aware that there is an alternative to co-educational studies. Same-sex education can be valuable for both genders; therefore, parents should enroll their children in the school that is best suited to their needs.
WORKS CITED
Caprice, Kristin S. The Case for Public Single-Sex Education, 18 Harv. J.L. Pub. Pol'y 227, 239 (1994).
Tsolidis, Georgin. Single-sex Schooling: Is it just an Act? Gender & Education; Mar2006, Vol. 18 Issue 2
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ReplyDeleteYou need to explain not only the claims but the exact evidence on which the authors make their claims. Also, you need the apparatus: cover page, title, works cited.
Seth
SingleSex
-->Single-Sex Education Essay
-->[Title? Cover page info?]
There are various schools in the world which
-->Many schools practice single-sex instruction. [Delete rest.]
adopt the single-sex education system to enhance educational value.
-->[Vague and too broad. Aren't we just talking about the US?]
Same-sex education has always been a controversial subject;
-->[Not true. In most places and for most of history, it has been the norm.]
nevertheless, many studies indicate that it can be advantageous for both
genders.
One great misconception of
-->regarding
single sex-education is that they
-->[they =?
are segregated to recognize the proper roles
-->in order to enforce the expected roles
of men and women.
However, single-sex school's soul purpose
-->the sole purpose of single-sex schools
is to generate well-educated students.
-->[What is the basis for this statement? Your opinion? Seems utterly implausible.]
According to Kristin Caplice's Harvard
Journal of Law & Public Policy article,
-->According to Kristin Caplice's article in the Harvard
Journal of Law & Public Policy,
-->[title?]
there are numerous advantages to a same-sex school.
-->to same-sex instruction.
The article states that students
have no sexual distractions. The absence of male students creates a more academic and competitive atmosphere for girls, and
the absence of girls creates a more responsible and committed ambiance for males. It is also important to say that same-sex
schools allow freedom
-->allow administrators and teachers the freedom
to structure an educational program accordingly to both genders, who are interested in learning things
at different times.
-->in a curriculum tailored to the divergent needs and interests of boys and girls.
-->[This sounds like your opinion. If someone else's, you should make that clear. ("Signal phrases")]
However, Ellen Goodman's article, Same-Sex Classes are a Step Back, states
-->However, in Same-Sex Classes are a Step Back Ellen Goodman claims
that co-ed schools are the best alternative for
education. Her article claims
-->She says
that we live in a society where both genders are constantly interacting, and that youth should
be ready to face the world we live in. Also, according to Georgina Tsolidis' article, Single-sex Schooling: Is it just a
'class act'? she states
-->[Scrambled. Rephrase.]
that same sex
-->same-sex
schooling is more beneficial for females than for men. On the other hand, boys tend to
do better on
-->in
co-educational schools because girls influence boys, even when this disadvantages females.
-->[Not clear. Rephrase.]
The need for successful education is necessary
-->[Need is necessary? Rephrase.]
in every aspect. It is important that parents are conscious of
-->be aware that there is
an alternative to co-educational studies. Same-sex education can be valuable for both genders; therefore, parents should enroll their kids
-->children
in the school that is best suited for
-->to
their needs.
This, by the way, is Essay #1 -- not #2.
ReplyDeleteAnd please check the spelling of my name. Sicroff, not Sircoff.
Seth