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Ní Bhroiméil, Úna – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2015
Alfred Mosely, a wealthy South African diamond mine owner and British industrialist, financed an Educational Commission that travelled to the United States during the winter of 1903. Its purpose was to ascertain how far education in the United States was responsible for the country's industrial progress, and its report was published in England in…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Reports, Gender Differences, Race
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Meredith, Corine Cadle – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
This article illuminates the current status of our understanding regarding the academic and social-emotional needs of gifted, early adolescent females in the United States. A synthesis of both theoretical and empirical studies addresses two foundational questions. First, how do we describe the unique population of gifted, female, adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Traditional Schools, Single Sex Schools, Academically Gifted
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Ewing, E. Thomas – American Educational Research Journal, 2006
This article examines the 11-year Soviet experiment with boys' schools as a way to cast new light on scholarly research and public debates about single-sex education. Drawing on archival and published materials by educators who described school conditions, identified problems, suggested reforms, and evaluated remedies, the author argues that…
Descriptors: Males, Coeducation, Single Sex Schools, Educational History
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Mavrinac, Marilyn – Harvard Educational Review, 1997
In the 1920s and the 1960s-1970s, educational reform movements in France attempted to democratize elitist selection for higher education. School restructuring was influenced by issues of class but not gender. Today, gender equity in schools remains hampered by the patriarchal nature of the educational bureaucracy. (SK)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Coeducation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Davis, Wanda M.; Armuwicz, Allison – National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal, 1999
Explores the ongoing debate as to whether female students can be better educated in a single or mixed gender environment by reviewing the historical origins of American women's colleges. Discusses the conflicting research surrounding the merit of single gender higher education and explores what coeducational institutions can learn from the women's…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Environment, Females, Higher Education
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Sander, Erika – 1979
Implementation of Title IX and resultant sex equity laws in secondary physical education programs occasions a need to develop new methods of evaluating and grading students enrolled in coeducational physical education classes. This document discusses problems that may occur as a result of sex equity modifications from the point of view of the…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
Dollison, Richard A. – 1998
Coeducation has been nearly universal in public schools in the United States during the 20th century. Research conducted in the last decade has questioned the effectiveness of coed schooling with regard to the self-esteem and mathematics achievement of adolescent females. Early research reported that single-sex schools where superior to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
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Mael, Fred A. – Review of Educational Research, 1998
The role of coeducation versus single-sex schooling in the academic, socioemotional, interpersonal, and career development of adolescents is discussed, and arguments and research support for both types of schooling are reviewed. Separate-sex schooling seems to provide potential benefits for at least some students. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Development, Coeducation
Butcher, Patricia Smith – 1987
The role of the women's rights press in reporting on and advancing coeducation in the United States is considered. The women's rights press was linked to the women's rights movement and articulated the goal that women should enjoy full participation in all aspects of U.S. life, including higher education. This analysis is based on 12 of the most…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Attendance, Educational History, Equal Education
Seller, Maxine S. – 1983
Negative reaction to the theories forwarded in Dr. Edward H. Clarke's 1873 treatise against coeducation, "Sex in Education or A Fair Chance for the Girls," has been largely neglected. The book appeared at a time when conspicuous numbers of women were extending their activities by campaigning for suffrage; working in factories, schools,…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational History, Females, Higher Education
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Davenport, Joanna – Quest, 1980
The early history of physical education for women in the northeastern section of the United States is presented. Short biographies of notable contributors, both men and women, to the expansion of physical education programs, first in womens colleges, and later in coeducational institutions, are presented. (JN)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Higher Education
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Wechsler, Harold S. – Teachers College Record, 1981
Throughout the educational history of American society, the entrance of a new group was extremely threatening to the established traditionalists already in power at educational institutions. An analysis is done of the advent of various groups onto the American educational scene. Implications are made for modern comparisons. (JN)
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Segregation, Court Litigation, Educational History
Ghuman, Paul A. S. – Multicultural Education Journal, 1994
Investigates the opinions and attitudes of Indo-Canadian parents concerning educational and social issues likely to affect their children's progress at school. Findings show that Indo-Canadian parents support and value education; do not know much about their children's school curriculum and activities; retain their community language; and are…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Ghosn, Ghassan – Aramco World, 1995
Traces the history of education for girls in Lebanon and that of the school which is now known as the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Focuses on the development of engineering education as well as the strategies used by the school during the civil war. (DDR)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Practices
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Ledman, Robert E.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1995
Examined the relationship between career success and the baccalaureate degree origin of women. Analysis of 126 successful women confirm that women's college graduates were more likely to be successful than graduates of coeducational institutions. Results also identify graduate education as a possible intervening variable in the relationship. (GR)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Coeducation, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
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