Boys and girls see, hear and experience the world differently, literally. This has come into play in the schoolroom as teachers are now looking for ways to enhance the way that individuals learn, rather than the traditional old school ways of teaching the classroom as they were just one individual, instead of a group of many. In some public and independent schools in Northumberland and throughout Scotland, have noticed the improvement in the overall grades and education of the students when they are divided based on gender for some subjects such as math, social studies and science. There is no politics involved in the decision, just simple medical and social technology. The differences between boys and girls are not absolutes, just tendencies. But the evidence provided by scientific studies, and the evidence that it being shown in the classroom, is pointing towards the fact that these tendencies are very strong.
Many schools throughout the world have been working in this way, with some of the classes attended coed, and some of the classes being all-girl and all-boy. Different schools in the United States have begun to operate in this manner as well, with incredible results. It is different, the way the two genders perceive and look at the world, literally. The anatomy of the eyeball of a boy and girl differs. While the biology of a boy’s eye is set for direction and motion, and the girl’s eye is set for color and texture. This alone will have an impact on the style of teaching, whereas a teacher in the boys’ class should move around the room as they lecture, a teacher in a girls’ classroom would not need to move around at all. Boys in art class will generally make pictures of moving objects such as jets, or trucks or speedboats, while a girl will tend to focus on the face of a subject. It is just the very simple tip of the iceberg as to how we all differ in the classroom and how important it is for teachers today to cater to each individual, in order to make the whole as strong as possible.
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