ABSTRACT
The tradition of male-only education in Korea began with the establishment of the first school in the year 372 (Tae Hak) and continued well into the Yi dynasty (Chosun era, 1392-1910). Excluded from formal education, Korean women were traditionally educated at home by their mothers in feminine morality and virtue based on Confucian doctrine that strictly limited their roles to the domestic household. After the establishment of friendship treaties with Western nations such as the United States, England, and Russia in the early 1870s, Korean society started to open its doors to Western countries, and the opportunity for higher education was given to Korean women (Kim, Y., 1979; Han, 1996). During that time, with rapid changes in all areas of society, women’s education also changed its mode from the traditional Confucian style to a modern, more Western-oriented one.
