The French Lycées de jeunes filles in International Perspective, 1878-1910

• Autores: James Albisetti
• Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 40, Nº. Extra 1-2, 2004 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Secondary education : institutional, cultural and social history), págs. 143-156
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In preparing the law that established the French system of public secondary schools for girls, Camille Sée and his supporters conducted a major survey of female education in other countries. Yet they used the information gathered much more to demonstrate French backwardness than to provide guidelines for the new schools; with regard to the possibility of male directors and of teaching ancient languages to girls, foreign evidence was brushed aside. Alternative models of municipal or private schools, as well as of coeducational institutions, received little attention. After creation of the girls' lycées, many foreign observers commented on them but only Belgium adopted a similar law. Contrary to the usual picture of German influence on French institutions in this era, several Germans did advocate imitating aspects of the girls' lycées