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Download full textAhl, Helene; Hedegaard, Joel; Golding, Barry – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
This paper proposes a new theory of Conditional Social Equality (CSE) which in some ways challenges the theory of cumulative advantage/disadvantage (CAD), which postulates that inequalities and social divisions necessarily increase over time. Using evidence from informal learning groups in Men's Sheds in three countries, we conclude that some…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Homogeneous Grouping, Single Sex Classes, Males
Direct linkTsolidis, Georgina; Dobson, Ian R. – Gender & Education, 2006
The current debate about boys' education risks taking us back decades in terms of understanding the significance of gender in relation to education. Of particular concern here is the tendency within such debates to rely on dichotomous understandings of gender which reinscribe essentialist understandings of both "girls" and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Males, Single Sex Schools
Peer reviewedKutnick, Peter – Educational Research, 1997
Children ages 9-10 (n=30) were given social skills training and their scores on computer tasks were compared with 30 controls. Males scored highest on the pre and posttest. Females in mixed-sex groups scored better than females in girls-only groups. Girls who received social skills training had the highest rate of improvement. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Homogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedGillibrand, Eileen; Robinson, Peter; Brawn, Richard; Osborn, Albert – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Reports the findings from a three-year longitudinal case study of two single-sex General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) physics classes in a mixed comprehensive school in England. Results indicate that girls who elected to study physics in single-sex classes gain confidence in the subject. This gain in confidence is associated with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Females, Foreign Countries
Sangster, Sandra; Crawford, Patricia – 1986
Many students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Sangster, Sandra – 1988
To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the enrollment of females in upper level mathematics courses, students enrolled in grade 10, 11, and 12 at A. Y. Jackson Secondary School were placed in sex-segregated math classes. This study focused on four main areas: attitudes, achievement, enrollment, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Macfarlane, Jim; Crawford, Pat – 1985
A great number of students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. In an attempt to redress this situation, A. Y. Jackson Secondary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Females, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
