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Michael Gurian is an American author and social philosopher. He works as a marriage and family counselor and corporate consultant. He has published twenty-eight books, several of which were New York Times bestseller list bestsellers. He is considered, along with Leonard Sax, as one of the major proponents of the post-modern "single-sex academic classes" movement.[1][2][3]

Gurian taught at Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, and Ankara University.[citation needed] His work tends to focus on sex differences and how they contribute to learning.

He is also a co-founder of the Gurian Institute, which trains professionals who deal with the developmental aspects of childhood. The Gurian Institute has trained more than 60,000 teachers from over 2,000 different schools. Some of these schools become "GI Model Schools" and aim to leverage the role gender plays in learning styles.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ Lewin, Tamar (23 September 2011). "Single-Sex Education Is Assailed in Report". The New York Times. p. A19. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013.
  2. ^ Single-sex education was common in the United States until the 19th century, when it fell into deep disfavor. Rich, Motoko (30 November 2014). "Old Tactic Gets New Use: Public Schools Separate Girls and Boys". The New York Times. p. A16. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ Weil, Elizabeth (2 March 2008). "Teaching Boys and Girls Separately". The New York Times. p. The Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Gurian Institute".
  5. ^ "StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 5 – An Interview with Michael Gurian, author of Leadership and the Sexes". StrategyDriven. 6 November 2008.

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