When I was a school kid, way back in the Dark Ages and a
full generation
before it became, in American schools, cool to be stupid, it
was hard to find, in
my section of
Virginia at least, any bright girls. Not that there weren't
some who were
bright, but nearly all the boys were looking for girls
dumber than they were for
dates and marriage. This certainly had a deleterious effect
on the
intellectual development and the academics of the ladies.
I am less clear on whether such segregation would have much
in the way of
intellectual benefits for the boys. And, of course, temper
everything I just
said by the passage of generations, in a country where in
high school it is still
cool to be stupid, by such other dynamics as may have
developed since I was a
kid trapped in a small-town school.
.....w
In a message dated 2/19/2007 6:22:24 PM Eastern Standard
Time,
tapina.apina gmail.com writes:
> 2007/2/19, Lachlan Cotter <lachlachlanc.id.au>:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I thought you might be interested to know about a
report that aired
> >on Australian television this evening about an
educational study
> >involving the segregation of young boys and girls
to separate class
> >rooms. It was reported that the results of the test
showed both girls
> >and boys from the segregated subjects performed
better academically
> >and matured faster. However, the rest of the report
focused on the boys.
> >
> >The reasoning is that this separation allows the
creation of a
> >culture that is more in tune with the way males
naturally need to
> >develop, with more kinaesthetic type learning and
an emphasis on
> >camaraderie. The male subjects from the boys only
class were
> >ostensibly 18 months ahead of their mixed-gender
counterparts
> >academically, according to the report.
> >
> >Sorry, I don't have more details than that.
> >
> >The report seemed to be legitimate, but I think it
fair to note that
> >it was aired on Seven's Today Tonight—a program
not exactly famous
> >for journalistic integrity.
> >
> >http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_Tonight
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Lach
>
>
> Sounds a bit far fetched, since gender is also
something you learn and
> something you feel, instead of just bit and pieces
hangin' or not-hangin'
> between your legs (sorry if I'm being rude).
> I for one am a heterosexual male by, definition and yet
I have never found
> that many similarities with others of that kind. I find
it hard to believe
> that segregation would have anything to do with
efficiency of learning, as
> it is something that depends on many things like
motivation of a student,
> teachers professional skills and the way things are
tought, does the teacher
> find a way to deliver the things s/he is supposed to be
teaching?
>
> Sorry, but this sounds just an attempt to revitalize
arcaic morale code that
> has long since been dead and buried. But I also have to
emphasize, that this
> just my opinnion. I'm not really professional, I just
have gone trough alot
> of schools.
>
> Tapani
>
>
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