Concept information
social science subjects
sociology
sociology of education
education and social inequality: gender and sexuality
Preferred term
single-sex education
Definition
- Single-sex schools have been utilized throughout history for very different purposes. For example, so-called first-generation single-sex schools came to existence as male-only institutions expressly because males were thought to be the sex that was capable and deserving of education. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Single-Sex Education]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/single-sex_education
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