Single Sex Schools

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Schools in England are very old; schools have been founded since the Roman occupation of Britain, after Roman schools disappeared. New school was established in 597 by St Augustine. Viking invasions formed bad factor against schools in England. Schools rose again in spite of continued invasions (Gillard, 2011). Schools were expanded and developed during the period between 1100 and 1500, the English Renaissance positively contributed. Elizabethan I’s period (1558-1603) witnessed a revolution in education and school system. In the year 1800, and after, educational theories developed and schools took modern form. The schools are majority single sex schools (male schools) until the ninetieth century; female students start to enter these schools. Modern educational school system can be classified into two main categories: co-education schools and single sex schools, the latter might be described as single gender education; it is the implementation of education to one-gender pupils either males or females separately, in several societies this separation due to religion or tradition causes. The single sex schools were dominant until the 19th century, where coeducation start and expand. Coeducation (mixed sex education) it might be described as, mixed gender education; it is the education where male and female students study together in the same classes and buildings or schools, in the end of 20th century coeducational education becomes the dominant schooling system. Coeducational system is the dominant system in most UK schools (Department for Education and Skills, 2007). The essay attempts to assess the issues of coed schools, in comparison with single sex schools. The main argument for applying single sex schools is considered firstl... ... middle of paper ... ...ide Web. Accessed 8 May, 2014 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057640902903722 Single sex education (2013) Available from World Wide Web. Accessed 26 May, 2014, from www.ukboardingschools.com/advice/single-sex-education/ Skelton, C. (2010) ‘Gender and achievement: are girls the “success stories” of restructured education systems’, Routledge, Educational review [online], vol. 62 no. 2 Available from World Wide Web. Accessed 8 May, 2014 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131910903469536 Tobias, L. (2013) ‘Single Sex or Mixed Schools?’. Available from World Wide Web. Accessed May 26, 2014, from http://www.gettherightschool.co.uk/single-sex-mixed-schools.html Younger, M. et al (2005) Raising Boys Achievement, University of Cambridge Faculty of education. Available from World Wide Web. Accessed 10 May, 2014, from https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/.../RR636.pdf

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