Date: 9 Mar 2022 (Wed)

Time: 12:30 – 14:00

Venue: Online via Zoom (Zoom link will be provided after registration.)

Speaker: Ms. SHI, Yun Sylvia (Ph.D. Candidate, Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Moderator: Prof. WONG, Wang Ivy (Associate Professor, Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Abstract:

Gender segregation increases gender-typed behaviors and affects mixed-gender interactions. Single-sex schooling, as one of the most prevalent institutionalized forms of gender segregation, may have important impacts on students’ psychosocial development. While there is heated debate about how single-sex schooling affects the development of gender cognitions and interpersonal relationships, prior studies have largely neglected these outcomes and were usually uncontrolled. This seminar will present recent research findings and new data on gender salience and mixed-gender peer relations of students from single-sex versus coeducational schools. Such findings have important implications because high gender salience leads to gender-stereotyping and more negative views towards other-gender peers, and good relationships with peers of different genders are pertinent for thriving in a mixed-gender world. It is argued that not only the academic performance but also the gender cognition and interpersonal outcomes should be considered in the evaluations of single-sex and coeducational schooling.

Speaker’s Biography:

Ms. SHI Yun Sylvia is a Ph.D. candidate in Gender Studies Programme and the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She studies gender from the perspective of developmental and social psychology. Her research interests include gender socialization, gender segregation and stereotyping, and gender variance. Her Ph.D. research project is about single-sex schooling and students’ gender cognition and social development.

Language: English

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13646261