In Favour of Coeducation: The Educational Attitudes of Students from Coeducational and Single-Sex High Schools
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coeducation, single-sex education, educational attitudes, teacher attitudes, secondary education, school preferenceRésumé
Quatre hypothèses au sujet des différences entre les attitudes des élèves qui fréquentent des établissements mixtes ou non-mixtes ont été tirées d'une recherche antérieure sur les aspects socio-psychologiques des écoles secondaires mixtes et non-mixtes. D'après ces hypothèses, les élèves des écoles mixtes auraient, en comparaison des élèves des écoles non-mixtes, 1) une attitude plus positive vis-à-vis des professeurs, 2) une meilleure image de soi quant à leurs aptitudes scolaires, 3) une attitude plus positive par rapport aux études secondaires et 4) une préférence plus marquée pour le type d'école (mixte ou non-mixte) qu'ils fréquentent. La recherche a porté sur 2,029 élèves de 10e et de 12e année fréquentant cinq écoles mixtes, quatre écoles réservées aux jeunes filles et quatre autres réservées aux garçons. Les élèves ont rempli un questionnaire qui comprenait des échelles de mesure pour chacune des hypothèses. Les résultats viennent étayer les hypothèses 2 et 4; quant aux hypothèses 1 et 3, elles n'ont été que partiellement confirmées.
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