A self-professed fan of both debate and current issues in education, I would like to invite some discussion about your, the future of education's, opinions about the issue of gendered education. For another class (The Psychology of Classroom Learning) I recently started some preliminary research paper about the arguments for and against all-boys schools, aka gendered education.
At the centre of the ring in Canadian education, the Toronto School Board recently announced that it was considering opening an all boys public school. Thus far I have found the following articles:
- "It's time to accept that males and females don't necessarily have the same learning patterns" from October 2009 Globe and Mail
- "All boys school fostering achievement culture" also from October 2009 Globe and Mail
- The most recent Globe and Mail article about this subject was headlined: "All boys' school requires more study" was published in February, 2010. Unfortunately I was not able to re-access it on-line after reading it once. Essentially it said that the plan is currently on hold while the issue and current research are being reviewed.
It's an issue that I believe we will all have opinions about and that will continue to be explored as school districts continue to focus on student success and declining enrolments. Thoughts?
This video is on using technology to teach math in at Olmsted Academy North, an all boys middle school in Kentucky. Tom Wolken uses a web cam as both a teaching tool and a incentive system.
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