“单性别课堂”之于“男孩危机”：缓解, 还是加剧?──反思加拿大的一次“性别改革实验”

"Single Gender Class" to "Boy Crisis ":Release or Aggravate?--Reflect on "gender reform experiment" in Canada

“单性别课堂”的教育方式最早起源于加拿大的一场教育实验。目的是为了解决在小学阶段男孩成绩落后于女孩的问题。然而实验的结果却造成了男女成绩差距更加明显以及男孩更具攻击性的新问题。当今世界上多个国家包括我国在内, 都曾经或者准备进行“分性别教育”,因此对历史上的这次教育实验进行回顾和反思具有重要意义。

The "single-sex class" education originating from a Canadian educational experiment was to solve the problem that boys did worse than girls in the primary school. But it got two unintended consequences: the learning gap between boys and girls was wider and the boys became much more aggressive. Many countries, including China, have tried or plan to try the "single-sex class" education. It is necessary to take a review of the historical experiment in order to avoid some mistakes.