1623. Boys and girls



I prefer single-sex education till the last years of secondary education. 

I’ve taught in both options – only boys, and boys and girls together. Till the last years of secondary education the differences in psychological aspects are so clear between male and female students; there will be differences also later evidently. 

In the case of teaching and learning English, my experience says that the more homogeneous the class-groups are, the better. A boy and a girl of 14 are so different; now I’m referring to psychological traits. 

Learning a modern language demands, if possible, the students should have similar levels. It is the school subject where differences among kids are more remarkable. In History for example all the students go at the same pace, so to speak, but in languages the differences are bigger.

Moreover each academic year you have in your class-groups students that come from very different levels of mastering a language. Your school can be bilingual, but evidently you cannot hinder new students to come from schools that are not bilingual. So what? What can we do? – Well, for example you can combine simple with higher-level activities, but the problem is lingering still. 

Summing up, I guess single-sex education is one more option, one that I prefer, as I said. / Photo from: alumnos en biblioteca educaresdesarrollo blogspot com

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