Discusses definitions of "career" showing how the traditional concept is male oriented. Reports data from an eight-month study of women elementary school teachers that suggests the traditional ways of evaluating short- and long-term work commitments do not do justice to the reality of women's commitments. (MD)

Discussed are both the issues, underlying the gender gap between science and women, and the efforts during the last two decades to bridge this gap. Specific recommendations for increasing such efforts within, as well as peripheral to, the environmental education domain are included. (19 references). (JJK)

The number of single-parent families has increased dramatically. These families are subject to extreme economic problems and thus are in special need of career development and vocational preparation. Displaced homemakers are at a disadvantage inasmuch as they must reenter the work force; moreover, they face the additional career development…