Gender Equality and Education

The national education system is divided into public education and private education. Public education is a funded system that the government offer for everyone’s children. It’s the most affordable education which most people used in the society. Private education, on other hand, is a system that offered for a group in exchange of money that the student guardant will pay. Most people who pay for private education believe that public education is inferior. The two education system is equally important based on the family financial status and preference. The idea of separating genders education can bring many disadvantages as one gender may get more focus than another gender. Education based on Wollstonecraft should be equal in both public or private education systems. Equality in education can be defined by gathering students from different genders and offering them one education at the same time; because sex has nothing to do with education. [This is a good idea. But I don’t see a clear and specific thesis statement that tells me exactly what you hope to prove in the paper, what your overall conclusion will be. You need to tell me, very concisely, right here in the introduction, the complete idea of the paper. So, in this case, you need to flip this around. Rather than writing a paper about single-sex education using Wollstonecraft as an example, you need to use your idea that single-sex education can work as a way to say something about Wollstonecraft.]

Wollstonecraft refers to educate men and women together in one classroom. Separating students in education based on their genders can be unfair decision. Women are effected mostly by the separating genders educational system, as they can be limited by their nature abilities. If female gender needs a specific education for their gender that should be in front of male. Both gender should except the differences and they should respect that education is a way to make our lives better. Separating females from males will limit the socializing development between two genders, and socializing is important because we complete each other. “Educating students in single-sex schools limits their opportunity to work cooperatively and co-exist successfully with members of the opposite sex.” (Stanberry). Mixing the two genders will help students develop a respectful experience while reaching one goal which is education. Combing efforts between two genders will teach them how to value each other and gain the experience of treating the other gender. Wollstonecraft states “I principally wish to enforce the necessity of educating the sexes together to perfect both, and of making children sleep at home that they learn to love home; yet to make private support, instead of smothering, public affections, they should be sent to school to mix with a number of equals, for only by the jostlings of quality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.” (Wollstonecraft 179).

Collaboration between females and males in class room will give opportunity for students to expose themselves in front of the society. The aspect of learning how to communicate between genders is easier to learn by experience. It will grow confident in students for socializing in a diverse community. Wollstonecraft states “With what disgust have I heard sensible women, for girls, more restrained are cowed than boys, speak of the wearisome confinement, which they endured at school.” (Wollstonecraft 170). Creating a comfortable environment for students to learn as a community will help them use their classroom knowledge in future with no shame.

Studies shows that girls tend to perform better in a mix environment. “Preliminary results of data collected through Puntambekar’s CoMPASS project show that middle school science students working in groups containing at least one member of the opposite gender scored significantly higher than single-sex groups on a test covering the content the groups studied, according to a paper co-authored by Dana Gnesdilow, Amanda Evenstone, Julia Rutledge, Sarah Sullivan and

Puntambekar.” (White). Public and private education systems should be a mixed environment to give both genders chance to assist and benefit from each other. Wollstonecraft states “I have already animadverted on the bad habits which females acquire when they are shut up together; and, I think, that the observation may fairly be extended to the other sex, till the natural inference is drawn which I have had in view throughout- that to improve both sexes they ought, not only in private families, but in public schools, to be educated together.” (Wollstonecraft 171)

Mixing genders will allow students to express their opinions and ideas in front of the other gender. “In mixed schooling system both the sexes can take help from each other and they can also share their ideas on different topics normally girls and boys have different point of view so the mixed schooling system enables them to share their ideas, removal of differences and also creates team spirit among them it also promotes mutual understanding between them.” (Abbas). If students get to experience listening to each other as a mixed classroom they will have a better chance to learn about each other. This will give each gender a background of the other gender feelings or circumstances. Wollstonecraft states, “But, I presuppose, that such degree of equality should be established between the sexes as would shut out gallantry and coquetry, yet allow friendship and love to temper the heart for the discharge of higher duties.” (Wollstonecraft 175). Wollstonecraft is supporting the idea to give students a chance to develop a relationship while fulfilling duties. It helps develop the student’s characters and make them take responsibilities of their decisions. Both men and women should be qualified to be leaders when they are experiencing the same education at same circumstances. Wollstonecraft states, “they should be tried by their peers, which would be an admirable method of fixing sound principles of justice in mind, and might have the happiest effect on temper, which is very early soured or irritated by tyranny, till it becomes peevishly cunning, or ferociously overbearing.” (Wollstonecraft 177). Both men and women might make some mistakes but that has nothing to do with gender. Mixed education environment will help them support each other and learn from each other. There are some aspects that women are good at like multitasking and other aspects that men are good at like responsibility; experiencing people with different abilities will help students develop a strong character. Wollstonecraft states “And when children are confined to the society of men and women, they very soon acquire that kind of premature manhood which stops the growth of every vigorous power of mind or body. In order to open their faculties, they should be excited to think for themselves; and this can only be done by mixing a number of children together, and making them jointly pursue the same objects.” (Wollstonecraft 163). Focusing on women getting an equal education not only benefits women as a gender but also the whole new generation. Women are first school for each generation as they are mothers and teachers that they raise kids at very young each when they start to learn and pick up things.

In my opinion, I tried separated gender education and mix gender education and I find that I like the mix education community better. It is very nice to have group study from different genders that we can focus on one goal with combing our abilities together. Private schools provide supplies and tools that will help student reach their learning objectives. “A major advantage to private education is that your child will likely be challenged to a higher academic standard. Private schools can be more academically rigorous than public schools, and private school students may have to meet more criteria to keep up their grade point averages.” (Kennedy). The schools are well-built with laboratories and facilities to reach success. Private schools offer competitions between students to improve their learning process. Competing helps the student gather the ability and improve it to seek a certain goal. Success in these competition can be very motivational for learning. A mix private school with these learning activates will rise up the student confident and ability more than a separated gender school. Therefore, Wollstonecraft supports the gender equality in both private and public schools as it benefits students in different ways.

All in all, gender equality in education is very important. Gender equality in education play a high role in both male and female lives. It is important to get experience working comfortably with other genders and seeking on goal. Women and men should support each other and teach other. Combining genders abilities will help us develop a strong education system; where everyone can handle an important role in it. Both private education and public education should have gender equality as education has nothing to do with financial support. All students deserve the right to get the education equally, as separating gender will create unfair education between students. Women plays in important role in raising up new generation, so focusing on giving women equal education to men will help improve the society as a whole. Education is the solution for every problem; if we focus on improving education we should be able to benefit the country and society.

References

Abbas, Saba.“Advantages of Co-education” Data Smoke. Blog Sport. The House of

Knowledge. n.p. n.d . Web. 17Apr.2017 http://datasmoke.blogspot.com/2013/04/advantages-of-co-education.html

Kennedy, Robert. “Why Private School?” Private School Review. n.p. 25 May.2016.

Web. 17 Apr.2017. https://www.privateschoolreview.com/blog/why-private-school

Stanberry, Kristin. “Single-Sex Education: The Pros and Cons” Great School. n.p. 19

May, 2016. Web. 17 Apr.2017. http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/single-sex-education-the-pros-and-cons/

White, Cliff. “Study Indicates Students May Learn Better in Mixed-Gender Groups” Education.

Wisc. School of Education News, 31 Aug. 2013.Web. 17 Apr.2017.

https://www.education.wisc.edu/soe/news-events/news/2013/08/31/study-indicates students-may-learn-better-in-mixed-gender-groups

Wollstonecraft, Mary. Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Vol. 29. Broadview Press, 2014.

[This is really good. You use evidence from both Wollstonecraft and your outside sources to make your point. But you need to flip it around. The assignment is to use some idea (in your case single-sex education) to analyze the course book. So, rethink that thesis and then go through the paper and make sure that Wollstonecraft is at the center of what you are doing.]

Your Grade (see attached rubric):

Main idea: 15 / 25

Evidence: 25 / 25

Organization: 20 / 25 [Make sure Wollstonecraft is at the center of each point.]

Mechanics: 25 / 25

Total: 85 / 100

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