Co-education has many advantages and disadvantages, it is applied to in many schools, yet there are also many single-sexed schools. Many advantagious aspects of co-education include the fact that there are broader opportunities and a wider range of options of curricular activities for both sexes, a more comfortable surrounding for the children’s future because they are already used to working in an area with both males and females. Another advantage is that the students can increase and strive for a higher standard academically due to competition between both sexes. Yet the disadvantages of co-education are also notably crucial. Possible increase in violence and abuse because the stronger sex could take advantage of the weaker sex both mentally or physically.
Loss of concentration could also affect one of the genders, due to the distraction caused by the other sex. These aspects need to be taken into consideration, especially for parents who need to make a decision to whether their child / children should be put into a co-educational school or a single-sexed school. In a co-educational school, there will most definitely be more choices in particular activities especially when it comes to the topic of sport. For example, girls will be able to participate in sports such as rugby while boys could join netball, both sports dominated by either one of the genders. The same applies academically, subjects offered to the students would be broader, girls could have the choice of more male-dominant subjects as well as the usual mandatory choices and vice-versa for the boys.
Great Depression Teachers School Education
During the Great Depression receiving an education was becoming more and more difficult for southerners. From not being able to afford the required supplies needed, to not being able to pay the tut ions, many people found it nearly impossible to attend school. The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee shows how the lack of education in society during the Great Depression affected ...
Children growing up in a surrounding co-educational system could be more advantagious for their future. This is because they have grown up in the same sort of surrounding, working and talking to both females and males, leading them to feel more comfortable when talking to the opposite sex. For children who have attended single-sexed schools all their lives, could encounter problems of discomfort and awkwardness when talking or working with the opposite sex because they are simply just not used to it. Students in co-educational schools possibly strive to achieve higher-than-average standard academically than single-sexed schools due to the fact that both genders are competitively trying to beat each other. For instance, girls may be more dominant in literature and boys may be more dominant in mathematics, therefore girls could be encouraged and have goals to out beat the other sex by working harder in the mathematics area and vice-versa for the boys, which means that the school would be raising its academic standards overall.
