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Single-sex classes gain momentum as schools opt to segregate
From: The Courier-Mail November 06, 2010 12:00AM
EDUCATION experts say the trend of single-sex classrooms for young students is gaining momentum and works, but the State Government has left the matter up to principals as the debate heats up in primary schools.
Parents at Milton State School are rallying against a proposal to segregate students into gender-specific classes next year – a program that has been on trial in other state schools for some time.
But the State Government keeps no centralised data as to how many schools across the state are trialling the program, nor its success in those schools.
Opposition education spokesman Bruce Flegg yesterday called on the Government to monitor the scheme more closely and move away from such an "ad hoc" approach.
Education Queensland defended the dearth of centralised data, saying decisions about same-sex classes were best made at a local level.
Single-sex classes are being run at Miami State School on the Gold Coast, Earnshaw State College at Banyo and Victoria Point State School. In all of these schools, parents have the option to keep children in mixed-gender classes.
Victoria Point State School has had single-sex classes for about 10 years. Its principal, Lex Bowden, said same-sex classes consistently achieved better academically.
"We also get (fewer) problems with behaviour," he said.
Griffith University education expert Alan Edwards said single-sex classrooms had gained in popularity recently across Australia and the US.
"The theory about boys and girls learning differently has gained momentum," he said.
He said feedback, generally, was positive.
Miami State School has also had boys-only classes for three years. Next year, principal Anthony Green is considering adding a 4/5 boys-only class.
James Meyer is one of those benefiting from a boys-only classroom at Miami and his mum Karlien said she was right behind the idea.
"I think it's great for the boys because it's one less distraction," she said. |
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