这个是PLC Sydney校长的文章，发表在The Australian：
https://www.theaustralian.com.au ... e4e687ca041dae04adb
我赞同他说的各种学校都有是一件好事，父母要/可以给孩子选择适合他们的学校。
In writing this article about the strengths of a single-sex education, in particular, one for girls, I am somewhat conflicted; not with the subject matter, but with the notion that I have to generalise for all children.
The gender of the students is not the only, nor necessarily the most important factor, in school choice for an individual family. It is good to have single sex girls’, single sex boys’ and coeducational schools in our society. Individual students will flourish in different settings. This is also why it is good to have government, Catholic and independent schools.
We need a variety of schools where young people can think freely, feel connected to others, where their own beliefs are valued, where they know a few friends, or where they can engage in different approaches to learning. One size does not fit all. Parents are wise to select a school that suits their own child.
While I have visited more than 200 schools, and have served as an educator in junior and senior schools and at university, at coeducational, boys’ and girls’ schools, my last 13 years have been as principal of PLC Sydney, a school with about 1530 girls, with ages ranging from four to 18. I do not presume that PLC Sydney is the same as all other schools for girls, but there are commonalities.
The joy in a single sex school is in what is possible. Every day I observe girls and young women really engaging with and enjoying their learning, without all of the implicit challenges that come to them when they learn alongside boys.
When it comes to girls accomplishing their potential there is no substitute for an all girls’ education. The amount of time girls spend on task, engaged in learning, able to take risks, is much greater in a single sex environment.
Without boys about, it is my experience that the vast majority of girls and young women commit with an impressive level of consistency to their studies, which enables them to achieve better outcomes.
PLC Sydney sends many female engineers, mathematicians and scientists into our community as more girls select STEM subjects in a single sex environment.
Girls enjoy the collaborative, the creative and the ordered classroom. In a coeducational school, many will not be self-conscious in the presence of boys, but many will be.
Free from feeling like they are in competition with boys, girls commit with gusto to mathematics, English and science, as well as to drama, speech, art and sport. All different types of girls can take the lead in expressing themselves. I have found an abiding generosity exists at PLC Sydney. Academic notes are shared. Students help each other. I am sure principals of other girls’ schools see these qualities in their schools too.
It is my view that it is the academic progress students make in Years 9-10 that really sets them up for success later in schooling and at university. Too often schools allow students to drift in these years. This is the period when coeducational classrooms are at their most challenging.
Everyone is in the long, dark tunnel of puberty, and students are looking for self-actualisation. Some find it in learning but many find it in impressing peers. Coeducational classrooms can become boisterous and boys are often at the centre of this.
In an all-girls’ school, young women are given the opportunity to deepen and broaden their learning at this important time. PLC Sydney uses an enrichment program, an extensive co-curricular program, and we add the challenge of Cambridge courses from Year 9. Girls can investigate and collaborate and try something new. It brings joy. It strengthens them.
On the sporting field and in the pool, without watching eyes, our young women give their all. Without an audience of male peers, they commit themselves to their football and hockey, diving and swimming, tennis and badminton. It is in the crucial late primary, and the early and middle years of senior school that these benefits are seen.
I am sure my colleagues at boys’ school would say something similar. Boys’ only schools can set up their structures and priorities to help their students flourish. As a society we want all young people to flourish.
The academic results of all girls’ schools (and many boys’ schools) are evidence for the success of single sex models. Consistently, students in all girls’ schools perform very well in external exams. And the learning isn’t shallow, “for the test” learning.
PLC Sydney is not an academic hothouse, and while our students do very well at university, our model is to provide a rich and broad education, with many opportunities for all of our students. This helps us limit rivalry and unhealthy competition. Other girls’ schools and other boys’ school have a similar model.
It is my experience that there is a consistent strength and joy in schools for girls.
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可以读一读，但也要注意这是来自女校（单性别学校）校长的观点角度
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我想强调的是他说的各类学校共存是一件好事。父母要根据孩子选择学校，而不是全都盯着某些学校，仿佛除了那些学校就没别的学校可上了。
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就是市场需求嘛。也有像我这样的家长，很坚决地希望选择混校
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自从孩子上了单一性别学校，我好像觉得也不错。
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稍微奇怪的一点为什么不说single gender 说single sex
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因为sex只有两种，gender可以有n多种。
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Sex只有两性？说Gender可以有十几种吧，到时候掉进兔子洞里，逻辑自恰就得每种性别开一家学校了…….
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sex歧义更多。 有些媒体对学校的性别都是用Co-Ed or Same-Gender， 这样就更加没有歧义了。
但是可惜的是有些学校和媒体就用single-sex school。 不知道为啥。
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我儿子也在混校。
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不好意思。sex是生物学上的定义，一般就是指雌雄两性。所以这种情况用single-sex是正确的用法。这是我都很多英文non-fiction的材料自己总结出来的，后来问过孩子的到确认。您可以问问孩子，他们是出生在澳，母语英文，理解比较到位。
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这个知道， 我的意思说在现在单一性别的学校中， LGBT这么泛滥的情况下， 哈哈，这么说其实不是太合适的，same gender就好多了。
当然了，其实无所谓，LGBT不介意的话。
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我倒更感兴趣校长说九和十年级是非常关键的两年，奠定后面的学习基础。
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他的立场如此。本文说到很多挑战，而处理和异性的关系就是一个无可跨越的挑战，现在不体会以后走上社会还能不体会吗？为什么在混校男生就一定会成为中心？
当然各有各的好处，各有各的选择。
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我自小到大都是读女校的，对作者（关于读女校的优点）的论点100%同意，因此我女儿也是上女校。
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无论如何，社会对男女有不同定式。在单性别学校，更有利于突破那个定式，对孩子的全人发展有好处。
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这里说的都是单性别学校的优点，那缺点呢？我们都是从小在混校中长大的，没觉得怎么学习就会在男生里抬不起头？放眼世界，这种单性别学校还多吗？文章说多样性可以让每个人选择合适自己的学校，问题是这里没有那么多好的混校给选啊，特别是私校，大家可选的大部分是单性别的
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单性别学校最大的缺点就是和异性同年的孩子接触得少。学校也会创造机会和异性学校的联谊活动，但毕竟还是有限的。所以最好在校外有俱乐部之类的活动，孩子有足够机会和异性接触，弥补一下。
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应该是唯一的缺点吧？
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每个孩子不一样，所以到底哪个适合要因人而异，没有固定的答案。
我家的在女校和混校都呆过，她是感觉在混校比女校好。主要体现在氛围更加透明，人际关系更加简单，社交成本低。她对女校中三个女人一台戏的氛围比较敏感。
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这个因人而异吧，只能算特性，不能叫缺点。大量单一学校出来的也没觉得有啥不同，我自己就是男校出来的，以前除了长辈自说自话不停大道理唠叨，我和朋友们和异性相处没有半点问题。
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有选择挺好，按自己性格选择适合自己的学校。
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男校变coedu有一个超级明显的好处
因为众所周知的历史原因，男校的设施比女校好多了，有些还有马场和超大的运动场。而女校基本和男校设施没法比。如果变coedu 女生就可以有机会使用这些设施。
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单性别学校可以和应该存在，但以悉尼来说太多了，也就是说混校的选择太少了。大多数精英和私校都是单性别，普通公校华人又大多看不上。
单性别学校是传统社会的产物，会越来越不适应时代的发展。这篇文章的观点，我以前也看过，同样来自于某女校校长，也曾一度被说服。但随着孩子成长，我是越来越倾向于混校。文章里面提到的单性别学校的优势，在我看来并不明显，而其与真实社会脱节的弊端，会随着时代变化越来越突出。
单性别学校，特别是女校，更合适价值观比较保守和传统的家庭，和比较“听话”的孩子。
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cranbrook。newington都改成混校以后会不会东区男生排的队要更长了？
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我以为改混校是男校招生不够赚不到钱了
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不会吧，这俩应该不愁生源。
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孤阴不长，独阳不生
我们家本来也是相信上面校长说的理论的，上了几年后，毅然决然转了混校。
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即便学术文章，因为funding的来源都会有一定的倾向性，何况这是一个女校校长的采访，公关文章随便了解一下就行了。这篇采访我觉得最有含金量的是那句话，即九和十年级奠定学术基础和成功，这可能对大多数孩子适用，无关性别。
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