How beneficial are sex-segregated schools and which gender benefits more from this school structure?
In the seventeenth century, formal education in the towns of New France was provided by the Jesuits, the Congregation of Notre Dame, and the Ursulines, among other religious orders. These schools taught arithmetic, reading, writing, and catechism; more advanced schooling was given to young men who would become priests (Gaffield). Formal education for female students was limited. It did not typically extend past religion and skills regarded as feminine, such as needlework (Gaffield). When it became socially acceptable for girls to attend school and receive the same education as their male counterparts, coeducational schools became more prominent.
In the seventeenth century, formal education in the towns of New France was provided by the Jesuits, the Congregation of Notre Dame, and the Ursulines, among other religious orders. These schools taught arithmetic, reading, writing, and catechism; more advanced schooling was given to young men who would become priests (Gaffield). Formal education for female students was limited. It did not typically extend past religion and skills regarded as feminine, such as needlework (Gaffield). When it became socially acceptable for girls to attend school and receive the same education as their male counterparts, coeducational schools became more prominent.