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An American Montessori Teacher's Experience in Sri Lanka
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Baker, Irene – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2006
What can Montessorians learn from teaching in a war-torn country, and what can they hope to share with others in the process? These questions were much on the author's mind when she went to Sri Lanka in the summer of 2003. This article contains excerpts from e-mails the author sent home, chronicling her experience teaching two high school English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Catholic Schools, Single Sex Schools
Differences among Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools.
Bauch, Patricia A. – Momentum, 1988
Considers the differences between single-sex and coeducational schools and between all-boys' and all-girls' schools with respect to academic achievement and social/psychological environment. (DMM)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics
A School of Their Own.
Koepke, Mary – Teacher Magazine, 1991
The absence of male students is considered to be a key factor in the high levels of academic achievement, good behavior, self-confidence, and school loyalty evident in the current students and alumnae of Philadelphia High School for Girls. (IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Females, High Schools
An Educational Research Framework Applied to a Secondary School in Japan.
Sekiguchi, Reiko W. – 1980
A framework for studying educational institutions is presented and used to analyze girls' high schools in Japan from 1899 to 1928. The framework is based on understanding of the interactions among the role of the school or institution, individual personalities, the nature and extent of technological development, and biological systems (the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational History