Abstract

GORDILLO, Enrique G. History of coeducation and its dissemination in the western formal education. Rev.hist.educ.latinoam. [online]. 2015, vol.17, n.25, pp.107-124. ISSN 0122-7238.

In the context of the current public debate about the superiority of singlesex schooling versus coeducation, critics of the latter often argue that coeducation spread in western formal education not specifically because of research-proven benefits, but rather due to ideological and/or sociological reasons. The following study presents a historical route along some of the milestones that led to coeducation in the Western system as we know it (with a final emphasis on the Peruvian process). It concludes that the expansion of coeducation was not due to scientifically-proven benefits but to sociological or economic pressures. The paper concludes that the debate mentioned above can legitimately take up its sustenance in that demonstrated lack of empirical evidence.

Keywords : Journal History of Latin American Education; history of education; single-sex schooling; coeducation.

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