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Single-Sex Schools: A Place to Learn - Softcover

Riordan, Cornelius

 
9781475813647: Single-Sex Schools: A Place to Learn

Synopsis

This book takes up the challenge of studying the effectiveness of single sex schools. Riordan frees the discussion of its ideological and political baggage and brings a degree of theoretical and empirical balance to the debate. The book provides a sociological foundation for considering single sex schools.

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About the Author

Cornelius Riordan has studied the effects of single and mixed sex education at all levels of schooling, and is the author of Girls and Boys in School: Together or Separate (1990) and a textbook in the sociology of education Equality and Achievement (2004). He has been a keynote speaker, panelist, researcher, project director, and author on the subject of single sex schools for twenty-five years.

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