Single-sex education -----the subject of increasing interest

Single-sex education has been the subject of increasing interest among researchers. Harvard University researcher Carol Gilligan established that girls think, interact, display leadership and make decisions in a unique way both psychologically and develop-mentally. Male-based model simply did not fit the way girls learn”. Dr. Ken Rowe, Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research, presented research results, "Co-educational settings have limitation to accommodate the large differences in cognitive, social and developmental growth rates of girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 16. Evidence suggests that during these key adolescent years, single-sex settings better accommodate the specific developmental needs of students”