Abstract

CARRA, Patrícia Rodrigues Augusto. Mixed-sex schools? Co-education? A historical challenge in the education of boys and girls. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.2, pp.548-570.  Epub Sep 26, 2019. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v18n2-2019-15.

The article outlines a panorama of women's education in Brazil, presenting factors that have led the Brazilian school landscape to be largely mixed-sex, discussing the concept of mixed-gender schools and gender-based education. The study was based on a bibliographical survey chiefly on the areas of History of Education, Sociology and History. It looks at the fact that mixed-sex schooling does not mean the offer of undifferentiated education for both genders and reflects on the possibility of the school environment being established as a space that contributes to gender equality.The text infers the importance of a close examination of the education system and its different instances and of the subjects that frequent educational environments. Reflecting on the importance of equal education calls for, among other things, thought on the instruction made available (or not) to men and women over time, and in this sense the history of Education is something of great importance.

Keywords : Mixed-sex schools; Gender equality; Women's education.

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