Monoeducation

The educational concept of single-sex education , even Seedukation [ ze.e.du.kaˌtsjoːn ] ( separating Education ), refers to the separate disclosure of your tutors, compiled according to certain characteristics: z. B. Separated by sex ( girls 'and boys' schools ); or z. B. separated according to skin color ("white" / "black", see also racial segregation ). The opposite is co-education .

Gender specific schooling

Same-sex boys' class in a picture by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky

After co-education was initially assessed as a step towards equal opportunities for girls and boys in the 20th century , both completely separate-sex school models and school subjects- related separate-sex teaching models are now being considered.

Proponents of sex education are of the opinion that students have better opportunities to develop, which is particularly evident in the natural sciences, where e.g. B. the girls would have a much better chance than with mixed classes. The same applies to the area of school sports , where especially during puberty the developing gender awareness, in addition to the increasing differences in physical performance, can cause inhibitions in unreflected co-education and thus impair the achievement of educational and upbringing goals.

In two studies by the Institute for the Future of Work (IZA) published at the beginning of 2009, it was observed that girls from girls' schools were just as willing to take risks as boys of the same age, while girls from mixed schools were comparatively risk-averse. According to the authors, this should not be interpreted as a blanket argument in favor of more girls' schools, but as an argument for the need for conscious countermeasures with regard to the development of potentially damaging gender stereotypes in mixed-gender schools.

A 2008 New Zealand longitudinal study showed that boys in the mixed schools examined are systematically disadvantaged in their performance compared to girls, and that this difference disappears when boys and girls attend separate-sex schools.

literature

Heike Kahlert , Anina Mischau: New educational paths for women . Campus Verlag, 2000 (from page 61: co- or monoeducation ). ISBN 3593364980

Individual evidence

^ Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen: Gender Differences in Risk Behavior: Does Nurture Matter? and Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys? , both published in February 2009. Quoted from Holger Hinte (Institute for the Future of Work): Educated, not innate: Why women are less willing to take risks than men. March 23, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009 .
^ S. Gibb, D. Fergusson, L. Horwood (2008): Effects of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schooling on the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement . Australian Journal of Education , Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 301-317.

[1] Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen: Gender Differences in Risk Behavior: Does Nurture Matter? and Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys? , both published in February 2009. Quoted from Holger Hinte (Institute for the Future of Work): Educated, not innate: Why women are less willing to take risks than men. March 23, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009 .

[2] S. Gibb, D. Fergusson, L. Horwood (2008): Effects of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schooling on the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement . Australian Journal of Education , Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 301-317.