Girl centered teaching strategy
Research shows that girls and boys learn in different ways and mature into adulthood at different rates. Girls’ schools understand these differences. They know what makes girls tick and how they learn. This knowledge is built up over years of experience of teaching girls like your daughter.
Knowing how girls learn has led girls’ schools to adopt specific girl-centred teaching strategies. These ensure that your daughter will learn in the most appropriate and effective ways:
- Using relevant real-world applications from girls’ lives – girls tend to understand concepts more readily when they can see how they work in real life
- Teaching girls in a collaborative and co-operative ways – girls prefer to learn in groups rather than on their own, and cooperatively rather than competitively
- Encouraging girls to take risks – girls are not natural risk-takers particularly if they feel they will be judged and found wanting. Girls’ schools encourage girls to learn from their mistakes without fear of being put down or dismissed. This enables girls to develop confidence in their own abilities as individuals.
- Exploring mistakes and acknowledging their value – girls benefit from a safe risk-taking environment.
- Teaching alternative solutions rather than just a single right answer to a problem – girls tend to prefer to explore issues rather than seeing only one solution
- Using writing as a means of learning any subject – girls tend to learn more effectively through the written word rather than just orally.
- Explaining through stories – girls tend to prefer real-life applications rather than abstract concepts
- Helping pupils to see themselves as sources of knowledge – girls often lack confidence in their own abilities and look to others to approve their opinions. Girls’ schools encourage girls to have confidence in their own abilities and to develop self-esteem.
- Calling pupils by their name and waiting for them to reply before moving on – girls learn better when they develop relationships with their teachers and are treated as individuals.
You can find out more by reading the Good Schools Guide’s article Proof at last: girls do better in girls’ schools.
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