TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Would Harry and Hermione have done better in single-sex classes? A review of single-sex teaching in coeducational secondary schools in the united kingdom
JO  - American educational research journal
A1  - Younger, Michael Robert
A1  - Warrington, Molly
SP  - 579
EP  - 620
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
N2  - The gender agenda in many North American, Western European, and Australasian countries has undergone a "boy turn" in the past decade amid growing concerns about boys' apparent "underachievement" relative to girls. One aspect of this turn has been the resurrection of interest in single-sex classes in coeducational public state schools. This article reviews these developments from an international perspective, particularly focusing on the experiences of a number of United Kingdom secondary schools involved in the 4-year Raising Boys' Achievement Project. The article suggests that, while single-sex classes have the potential to raise the achievement levels of both boys and girls and to have a positive impact on the atmosphere and ethos for learning, these gains will be achieved only if the initiative is developed within gender-relational contexts rather than situated within recuperative masculinity policies.<p /> 
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SN  - 0002-8312
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00028312043004579
ID  - ref1
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