machong drop-out [istambay me]
the title above is the segment title of the i-witness documentary aired last night, monday, june 13, 2005. the documentary talks about the widening gap of boys and girls in school.
the feature topic was the alarming number of "boy drop-out" in most of the schools in the country taking ramon magsaysay high school in cubao as example. while more boys tend to drop-out of school in the middle of a school year, the girls on the other hand are doing well in class, i. e. getting good marks in achievement test, getting higher grades in most all subjects.
it's true that there are many girls inside every classroom, in a typical class of 50, 30 or more are girls, leaving 15 to 20 for boys. and it's also true that are more boys tend drop out of class in the middle of a school year. but why?
the i-witness staff also scour inside the quezon city jail and interviewed some of the inmates. all the inmates interviewed are drop-outs or didn't finish high school. peers and friends involving in drug addictions and other vices are most of the reasons why they drop-out.
there are many questions raised: why are boys and girls so different? are girls just smarter or are they raised differently? while much of the world worries about the "disadvantaged girl-child," the situation in the philippines is the opposite, with boys clearly more disadvantaged in basic education. [i-witness june 13, 2005: machong drop-out]
this was answered last night by a basic education specialist, but i'm very sorry i forgot the name of the lady, howie interviewed. she said that, girls are far better than most boys today because the teaching method used in almost schools in our country are mostly listening and seeing symbols written in front of them, setting 5 to 6 hours a day. girls are more focused using this skills, that means boys are poor on listening skill, they are more hyper-active, their attention span is not that much compared with the girls and boys like to learn things actively. she added that because of the household responsibility of this girls at home like watching their younger siblings, cleaning the house, and cooking, girls are more responsible than of todays boys.
in 2005 philippine population forecast of 85.2 million, there are 36.25 million ages 5 to 24 . if educational age starts at 3 and reaches up to 24 then there are suppose to be 36.25 million students in all levels of education starting from preparatory up to tertiary. of these 36.25 million, 18.4 million are males and 17.85 are females. that means there are almost same number of males and females.
in my assumptions based on the figures above, there are 3.9 million to 7.5 million males not in classroom this year which is very very alarming. the government should act on this quickly.
the feature topic was the alarming number of "boy drop-out" in most of the schools in the country taking ramon magsaysay high school in cubao as example. while more boys tend to drop-out of school in the middle of a school year, the girls on the other hand are doing well in class, i. e. getting good marks in achievement test, getting higher grades in most all subjects.
it's true that there are many girls inside every classroom, in a typical class of 50, 30 or more are girls, leaving 15 to 20 for boys. and it's also true that are more boys tend drop out of class in the middle of a school year. but why?
the i-witness staff also scour inside the quezon city jail and interviewed some of the inmates. all the inmates interviewed are drop-outs or didn't finish high school. peers and friends involving in drug addictions and other vices are most of the reasons why they drop-out.
there are many questions raised: why are boys and girls so different? are girls just smarter or are they raised differently? while much of the world worries about the "disadvantaged girl-child," the situation in the philippines is the opposite, with boys clearly more disadvantaged in basic education. [i-witness june 13, 2005: machong drop-out]
this was answered last night by a basic education specialist, but i'm very sorry i forgot the name of the lady, howie interviewed. she said that, girls are far better than most boys today because the teaching method used in almost schools in our country are mostly listening and seeing symbols written in front of them, setting 5 to 6 hours a day. girls are more focused using this skills, that means boys are poor on listening skill, they are more hyper-active, their attention span is not that much compared with the girls and boys like to learn things actively. she added that because of the household responsibility of this girls at home like watching their younger siblings, cleaning the house, and cooking, girls are more responsible than of todays boys.
in 2005 philippine population forecast of 85.2 million, there are 36.25 million ages 5 to 24 . if educational age starts at 3 and reaches up to 24 then there are suppose to be 36.25 million students in all levels of education starting from preparatory up to tertiary. of these 36.25 million, 18.4 million are males and 17.85 are females. that means there are almost same number of males and females.
in my assumptions based on the figures above, there are 3.9 million to 7.5 million males not in classroom this year which is very very alarming. the government should act on this quickly.
posted by touchkey badzkey at 10:05 AM
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allan, based on my experience as teacher of 5 years for engineering and computer science students, teaching math, physics and computers. male are far better in these areas, while there are females who excel, still males are superior. but what i noticed, males have too short attention span compared to females.
Tou are a teacher too, and an experienced one. Glad to know, I will surely learn a lot from your experience.
This is indeed an interesting observation that they got here. They said reason is that males have too short attention span compared to females (hyperactivity problem), and they're saying that the bottom of it all is that the present educational system only addresses the girls with their teaching strategies.
There is absolutely no research correlation between success and family background, race, national origin, financial status, or even educational accomplishments. There is but one correlation with success, and that is ATTITUDE (I remember the Marshmallow test in Allan's entry now, hahaha). We should give equal expectations to both genders, address both with our teaching strategies using creativity.
teacher sol, thanks for the visit. i can't prove based on research and study why boys are more hyperactive even in class. but, based on my experiences they are hyperactive and their attention span is quiet short. so every example i lecture involves students. they are my example of buildings, cars, boats, towers, and all. these makes class lively and students tend to see the problem physically not just by visualizing mentally...
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