Coed Schools and Socialization

Coed Schools help students build their relationship and socialization. Students tend to cooperate and socialize more with one another in mixed schools. In Phoenix, Arizona, they have a program that experiments on girls’ and boys’ school performance. In one of the experiments, they paired every kid with the other sex every week. Ms. Doe, a part of the experimental curriculum for preschool and fifth grade, said that the diverse groups that was seen at the beginning of the year has faded away and students were more likely to play together, cooperate, and help each other (Researchers Cite Social Benefits in Coed Classes, Sparks 4). They now know each other more and are closer than they were earlier of that year. As students interact with each other, their relationships build up and are more likely to get along with each other. Ms. Radke said that the small-scale bullying that was common earlier in the year has vanished (Researchers Cite Social Benefits in Coed Classes, Sparks 4). Because they were getting along with each other, bullying decreased. “I truly believe that as the children engage in structured buddy activities, they are learning to know each other, and this connection is reflected by growth in their patience and tolerance as they interact together throughout the day . . . Not hearing that [bullying] language is a huge change in our class” (Ms. Radke 4). Students need to interact with the opposite sex because it helps build their relationship with one another. Given these points, mixing genders has become a great impact in relationships and communications.

In coed schools, the students’ skills are more likely to improve. It has a great impact on students, especially on males because they become more of a gentl...

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...principal claim that single-sex programs run-more smoothly and have fewer discipline problems because they take away the tensions that spring up when boys and girls mix in classrooms (Black 1). This statement is not true because when students are separated their attitudes become worst. Ms. Hanish’s research found that when students are with same-sex classmates, they behave in more gender-stereotyped ways: Boys become more aggressive, and use more “rough and tuble” play over time; girls become more gendered played (Sparks 3). “Children develop a fairly limited set of interaction skills: less understanding, appreciation, respect of one another” (Ms. Hanish 3). Improving these skills can lead to less drama. To put it briefly, separating genders does not affect their education and relationship. It depends on how they are taught by their parents and/or teachers.