Assignment On Influence Of Single Sex Education And Co-Education

Running head: INFLUENCE OF SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION AND CO-EDUCATION
INFLUENCE OF SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION AND CO-EDUCATION ON STUDENT
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
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INFLUENCE OF SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION AND CO-EDUCATION1
Introduction
The multitudes of the educational institutions that have been present in the international
markets might be divided on the basis of the schooling type. The single-sex schooling refers to
the schooling type wherein the students of the school belong to the same gender. On the other
hand, the co-education schooling refers to the schooling type wherein the students belong to both
the genders (Garcia-Gracia & Donoso Vázquez, 2016). The following essay attempts a
comparison between the two types of schooling in terms of academic achievement,
psychological development and social behavior as demonstrated by the students.
Psychological development
Firstly, Wong, Shi and Chen (2018) opine that the most evident and the institutionalized
form of segregation in the matters related to the genders refer to the segregation in the schools.
There are observed a number of schools that maintain the concept of single-sex schooling. This
practice is observed to have a huge influence on the overall development of the students in terms
of the psychosocial factors. Pahlke, Hyde and Allison (2014) puts forth the fact that the single-
sex schooling tends to have a huge effect on the various issues that are related to the gender
salience among the concerned individuals, the reduction in the opportunities of the interactions
as are maintained among the concerned individuals. The experts further suggest that the single-
sex schooling might further lead to the development of the anxiety as is expressed by the
students in terms of interacting with the members of the opposite gender. Prendergast and
O’Donoghue (2014), however, state that the students who have been subjected to the single-sex
schooling tend to face a greater amount of issues in maintaining a proper interaction with the
members of the opposite gender. They further face issues in the understanding and the practices
of the gender salience in the due course of life as well as develops the anxiety in the matters that