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Direct linkNaugah, Jayantee; Reiss, Michael J.; Watts, Mike – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: Varied and complex forms of parental influence may shape young people's decisions about whether or not to study science once it is no longer compulsory in school. Purpose: This study attempts to identify the role of parents in influencing the choice of science subjects in Mauritius among students at the end of the third year of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Science Education
Gibb, Sheree J.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Australian Journal of Education, 2008
This study examined the effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement to age 25. Data were drawn from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 individuals born in 1977 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After adjustment for a series of covariates…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, School Choice, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; Marks, Helen M. – Sociology of Education, 1992
Discusses a study of why 3,183 secondary school students and their families chose either single-sex or coeducational independent schools. Considers the personal, demographic, and educational characteristics of the students and their families and the students' gender. Reports that family traditions for private schooling and religious orientation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Coeducation, Family Characteristics, Private Schools
Peer reviewedBaumert, Jurgen – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1992
Presents study results examining recruitment practice differences between coeducational and gender segregated secondary schools in Germany. Discusses the impact of organizational form on teacher judgments, achievement in specific subjects, school subject-related interests, and school commitment. Reports that under conditions of free school choice,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Foreign Countries, School Choice
Jackson, Carolyn; Bisset, Moray – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2005
This paper explores factors influencing parents' choices of single-sex or co-educational schools in the independent sector. In doing so, it explores two relatively under-researched aspects of school choice by focusing upon gender and upon the middle classes. The paper draws upon research conducted in three independent schools--a boys' school, a…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Single Sex Schools, School Choice, Gender Differences
Bank, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Sororities, Sex Fairness, School Choice
