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Educators agree that boys and girls learn differently, but do they learn better in single-sex classes? Single-sex education has become a "hot topic" among educators striving to address achievement declines, especially in the middle school years. Since the United States Department of Education confirmed the legality of single-sex classes in public schools in 2006, the number of single-sex classes and schools has increased dramatically and the options continue to grow in popularity. Debating Single-Sex Education offers a timely and detailed summary of the issues surrounding single-sex education. Eight veteran educators provide research-based findings on single-sex classes in the United States and Africa. This book presents a brief historical summary of single-sex classes in the United States. Other features include recent qualitative case studies, interviews with students, and statistical evidence of the effects of single-sex classes on student achievement. The final chapter synthesizes the common findings among these studies and the implications for practice in schools.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Jumping Into the Fray: How to Implement Single-Sex Classes
Chapter 3 Bumps Along the Way: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned
Chapter 4 Having it Our Way: Students Speak Out on Single-Sex Classes
Chapter 5 Going the Distance: Strategies for Teacher Preparation
Chapter 6 Does It Add Up? Single-Sex Classes and Student Achievement
Chapter 7 Good New and Bad News: Student Behavior in Single-Sex Classes
Chapter 8 For Better or Worse: Classroom Dynamics in Single-Sex Science Classes
Chapter 9 We've Always Done it This Way: Single-Sex Classes in Kenya
Chapter 10 Now what? Practical implications
Product details
Published | 28 Dec 2007 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 144 |
ISBN | 9781578867387 |
Imprint | R&L Education |
Dimensions | 229 x 155 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Military academies, Catholic schools, and fancy prep schools have all successfully run single-sex schools: So why not public schools too? This valuable book explores fully and richly the issues, methods, and effects on kids of going to school with their own gender-and how it works. Valuable stuff!!
Bruce S. Cooper, PhD, emeritus professor and vice chair, Division of Administration, Policy and Urban Education, Fordham University
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Here is a book that offers a necessary and objective assessment of an approach that is gaining increased interest among parents and educators nationwide. Free of ideology, it cautiously adds to the knowledge base of what single-sex classes potentially can offer girls and boys while raising questions that need to be further explored.
Rosemary Salomone, Kenneth Wang Professor of Law, St. John's University, author of Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking,Single-Sex Schooling
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This excellent edited volume is a must-have resource for any educator interested in single-sex classes and education. This focused, balanced book is a must-read comprehensive introduction to the nuances, complexities and successes of single-sex classes!
Sally M. Reis Ph.D, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Administration; Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor; University Teaching Fellow, University of Connecticut