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여학교 학생 남녀공학 여학생보다 성적 우수

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여학교 학생 남녀공학 여학생보다 성적 우수

□ 여학교 재학 여학생이 더 나은 성적
- 정부발표 자료에 의하면 여학생들만 다니는 학교의 학생들이 남녀공학에 재학하는 여학생들보다 성적이 우수한 것으로 밝혀짐
- 사립여학교협회 (Independent Girls' Schools Association :GSA) 연구에 따르면 협회 소속 학교 학생의 56.7%가 A-level 결과 A 등급을 획득한 반면 남녀공학 사립학교에서는 48.9%에 그침
- GCSE 성적에서는 이 격차가 더 커서 A 혹은 A* 등급 비율이 68.5% 대 54%로 나타남
- 이러한 여학교 여학생 우세 현상은 지난 4년간 계속되어온 현상임

□ 남녀공학 vs 남학교/여학교
- 최근 남녀공학이 증가하고 남학교/여학교는 크게 감소해 온 상황으로 30년전에 2,500개에 이르던 남학교/여학교는 400개로 줄어들었음
- 지난 10년 동안만도 120개의 사립학교가 남녀공학으로 전환하였음
cf. OECD 평균 10명당 7명꼴
- 과거 남학교였던 Wellington 과 Uppingham 학교는 지금은 남녀공학이 되었음
- 반면 Eton과 Winchester 등은 남학교로 유지

□ 여학교 옹호론
- 남학교에 비하여 여학교들이 남녀공학으로의 전환을 더 꺼리고 있음
- 여학교 옹호론자들은 혼성학급에서 여학생들은 자신의 의견을 발표하는 것을 꺼리는 경향이 있다고 보고 있음
- 여학교 재학 여학생들은 남녀공학에서는 전통적으로 주로 남학생들이 선택하는 과학, 수학 등의 과목을 더 많이 선택함
- 지난 해 GSA 소속 학교의 학생 72.5%가 A-level 수학 성적 A 등급을 취득한 반면 남녀공학의 여학생의 경우는 64.9%에 불과함
- GSA의 Vicky Tuck 회장 : “여학교들이 좋은 성적을 올리기 위하여 성적관리를 매우 잘하고 있다”
- 옥스퍼드 지방의 한 학생은 “남학생이 있음으로서 생기는 압박감에서 자유로울 수 있으며 외모에 신경을 쓰지 않아도 된다”고 주장

□ 남녀공학 옹호론
- 남녀공학인 Brighton College Richard Cairns 교장은 남학생과 여학생들이 학습에 있어 상호 보완해준다고 주장


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Girls who go it alone outperform co-education pupils
- Times, 14 September 2008

GIRLS attending single-sex schools far outperform their contemporaries in mixed education, an analysis of government data have found.

The research by the independent Girls’ Schools Association (GSA) shows that this year 56.7% of their member schools’ A-level results were at grade A, compared with 48.9% at coed independent schools.

At GCSE the margin was wider still, with 68.5% marked A or A* compared with the mixed figure of 54%.

The research, based on figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, reflects a trend that has been apparent for at least the past four years.

In recent decades single-sex education has declined in popularity, with the number of schools falling from nearly 2,500 30 years ago to about 400. In the past decade alone, some 120 independent schools have gone co-educational.

Some of the best-known former boys’ schools, such as Wellington and Uppingham, are now mixed, although others, including Eton and Winchester, have remained boys-only.

Girls’ schools have been more likely to resist going co-educational. Advocates of the system believe that in mixed classes girls are more likely to be inhibited and reluctant to voice their opinions openly.

Girls in single-sex schools are also more likely to take A-level subjects which in mixed schools have traditionally been seen as the preserve of boys, such as science and maths.

Last year, 72.5% of pupils in the GSA schools won A grades in maths A-level while the figure was 64.9% for girls in their mixed equivalent. The national figure was nearly 30 percentage points lower.

Separate research by the Girls’ Day School Trust, an independent chain, has found that the proportion of their pupils taking science subjects at A-level is more than double the national average.

Vicky Tuck, president of the GSA and principal of Cheltenham ladies’ college, said girls schools “have a brilliant track record in helping pupils attain”.

However, Richard Cairns, headmaster of the mixed Brighton college, said boys and girls complemented each others’ learning. “Boys will focus on what’s going on in the killing fields, and girls will think, ‘What’s the impact [over] the next 40 years when there’s no father at home?’”

Rebecca Ogilvie-Smith, from Oxfordshire, who last month scored top grades in all her AS-levels at Cheltenham – while also winning top grades in her French A2– said attending a single-sex school had taken off “a certain pressure” which the presence of boys can bring.

“There is a very intense feeling of community and it is not judgmental,” said Ogilvie-Smith. “Your focus is not on how you loo