• Question: if you were a teacher would you like to teach in a girls school better or boys school

    Asked by 624bera39 to Shikha on 11 Nov 2014.
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      Shikha Sharma answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi 624bera39,
      I would have definitely joined a Co-ed school which I believe provide opportunities for girls and boys to interact together meaningfully as they learn. From the beginning they learn to respect one another and cooperate as equals.
      If we want to bring people together and engage in positive contact, school is a good place to do that.I am a supporter of Co-ed education and not single-sex education.

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    Kevin commented on :

    I do visits to schools both single sex and coed and I gotta say I see no difference. That’s what’s great about Science its a universal thing. But I know people at work who even just 10 years ago were discouraged from doing science at leaving cert level. I dearly hope its not like that now as although boys and girls/men and women are completely equal they can have different perspective and can think differently about puzzles and problems and we need all the variety of approach we can get when it comes to solving scientific mysteries. If you’re in a girls school that doesn’t offer the full set of leaving cert sciences at leaving cert level, that’s a scandal and you should ….raise absolute hell! I hope thats not the case anywhere out there.