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Layman, Nancy S. – 1994
The purpose of this book is to familiarize middle and high school administrators, teachers, and students with the laws concerning sexual harassment and strategies for dealing with it. The book can also help educators avoid liability for sexual harassment. Part 1 defines sexual harassment and emphasizes that men and women may perceive the same…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Grievance Procedures
Hoover, John H.; Olsen, Glenn W. – 2001
How can schoolyard bullies be stopped? How can sensitive children become more resilient? How can teachers and parents help youngsters deal with teasing and taunting? This guide--for teachers and parents of children in grades K-12--helps to answers these questions and others like them. It uses the "frames-and-scripts" approach, a method based on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying
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Barnard, Ian – Feminist Teacher, 1993
Describes reactions by college students to an antihomophobic classroom pedagogy. Asserts that homosexual and bisexual students need to see themselves represented in the classroom. Presents a 30-item selected bibliography addressing this issue. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Homosexuality, Lesbianism
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Sandler, Bernice Resnick; And Others – 1996
This report assesses how the classroom climate is affected by classroom structure, power dynamics within the classroom, different pedagogical styles, the curriculum, and the relationships between male and female students. Data come from quantitative and qualitative studies in classrooms at all levels and in related settings, along with surveys,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Sandler, Bernice Resnick – 1992
This paper offers a strategy for how women faculty members can change their behaviors in order to enhance their own careers in higher education. The paper opens by describing three types of issues that may hinder the advancement of women while noting that this guide addresses primarily the psychological aspects. Following this introduction seven…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Career Development, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Carey, Richard Adams; Kleinfeld, Judith, Ed. – 1988
This study is a "teaching case." It is a description of events written to help education students understand the complex, ambiguous situations which arise in rural teaching. The limitations of scientific rules and principles for teacher training are especially obvious in rural Alaska schools--where teachers who are typically Caucasian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Studies
Smith, Susan J.; Fleming, Paula – 1998
Building an effective classroom for all boys and girls is the first step in increasing student achievement. This curriculum guide is a collection of practical tools for teachers and fun activities for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students, developed to help all students to succeed in the classroom. The curriculum is designed to be used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Athletics, Class Activities
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Sandler, Bernice Resnick – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A variety of strategies are suggested as useful to female faculty members in developing their careers and coping with nonoptimal working conditions. Issues addressed include getting information, networking and mentoring, negotiating, handling discrimination, personal presentation, sexual harassment and other sexual issues, interviews, working…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Conflict Resolution, Coping
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Update on Law-Related Education, 1994
This law-related education teaching resource calls attention to civil rights in the school. Julius Menacker gives an overview of major national school legislation and the federal courts' roles in the constitutional areas of equal protection, freedom of expression, and due process. Aggie Alvez offers new perspectives on the constitutional,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights
Stein, Nan D. – 1993
This document, part of the Wellesley College (Massachusetts) Center for Research on Women's working papers series, examines the issue of sexual harassment in education. The report explores a number of incidents in which female students have been the targets of unwanted sexual comments, advances, and assaults. Much of the school-based harassment is…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Sjostrom, Lisa; Stein, Nan – 1996
Bullying is a topic rarely talked about in a sustained, non-judgmental, and age-appropriate manner. The subject is also an under-studied phenomenon in the United States, in contrast with Britain, Norway, and Sweden. In the past, studies on bullying have focused on the pathology of the bully instead of on the whole school culture, or bullying has…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Bullying, Case Studies
Ruemper, Wendy, Ed.; And Others – 1995
Intended as a reference for preventing harassment and discrimination in Ontario colleges and universities, this resource guide describes a project to develop models of alternative instructional delivery and presents the models. Part 1 provides an introduction to the guide, reviews the goals of the project, and describes a related training video…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Consciousness Raising, Ethnic Discrimination, Foreign Countries
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Valentine, Gill – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Explores some of the ways that sexuality is an issue in the course of teaching. Includes discussions of crushes between students and staff, consensual personal relationships between staff and students, and sexual harassment. Discusses creating an atmosphere that enables lesbian, gay and bisexual students and staff to "come out." (MJP)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Consciousness Raising, Discipline Policy
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Mawdsley, Ralph D. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1994
Reviews the legal principles and precedents that frame current sexual harassment laws as they relate to schools. Discusses school district liability and responsibility for providing school environments safe from sexual harassment. Includes guidelines for developing and implementing school policies regarding sexual harassment. (CFR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Law, Educational Environment, Educational History
Wenninger, Mary Dee, Ed. – Women in Higher Education, 1994
This document consists of the 12 monthly issues of a newsletter on women students, teachers, and administrators in higher education, issued in 1994. Each issue includes feature articles, news on higher education, profiles of significant people in the field, and job announcements. The issues' main article topics are: (1) campuses's changing…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Females
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