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Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. – 1987
Ways to eliminate sexism (discrimination based on sex) in Oregon State University classrooms are suggested, with attention to language, behavior, and expectations. Social outcomes of sexism are also identified. Unequal treatment singles out or ignores the individual. As a result, students may lose confidence, lower academic goals, or limit their…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Equal Education, Expectation, Higher Education
Stone, Karen; And Others – 1983
Designed to offset the effect of sexually biased texts and materials, this annotated bibliography lists available nonsexist instructional resource material for students in kindergarten through twelfth grades. The majority of items focus on activities teachers can use in classroom settings. The guide is organized into the following eight subject…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Studies of the Person, San Diego, CA. – 1984
This guide provides procedures and supporting materials for conducting a training workshop on sex equity which is intended to expand awareness and knowledge of the effects of sexism and to increase sex-affirmative behavior in the educational environment. Divided into nine sessions, the workshop is targeted at students in junior and senior high…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Equal Education, Learning Activities, Resource Materials
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Office of School and Community Affairs. – 1986
This bibliography contains a selection of nonbiased media resources which can be used to supplement existing curriculum materials and library sources. Games, bibliographies, curriculum guides, anthologies, posters, and career guides are included in this compilation of sex equity materials. Documents and media containing information on such…
Descriptors: Books, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Thompson, Cynthia G.; Howe, Harold – Journal of Developmental Education, 1988
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education, comments on the roots of the equal opportunity in higher education movement, its expectations for students, future funding potential for developmental education and instructional improvement, ways to enhance support programs, and the impact of current political trends on equal opportunity. (DMM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Trends, Equal Education
Peterson, Bob, Ed.; Charney, Michael, Ed. – 1999
This anthology examines exemplary practices of teachers' unions at the local and national level, presenting visions for the 21st century that involve teachers' unions in the fight to improve public schools and conditions of social justice throughout U.S. communities. Six sections feature 25 articles: (1) "Overview," including…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
de Carvalho, Maria Eulina P. – 2001
This book addresses the complications and implications of parental involvement in education as a policy. It attempts to explain the origins, meanings, and effects of parental involvement as a requisite of schooling, and particularly as a policy solution for low achievement and even inequity in the American educational system. The four chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Democracy, Educational Policy
TERC, Cambridge, MA. – 2001
This stand-alone workshop session explores the connections between home and school mathematics learning through the lens of equity. It is appropriate for use with teachers, staff developers, after-school program providers, and other educators who work with parents. All three session activities can be done, or the leader can opt to keep the session…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Equal Education, Ethnicity
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2002
This resource kit, which can be used with an accompanying videotape and written materials, shows how three English secondary schools have succeeded in raising the achievement of their ethnic minority students by increasing expectations of what each student is capable of, valuing diversity, working in partnership with parents, and encouraging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
Pike, Graham; Selby, David – 2000
Global education is a relatively new term in the education world. It brings together two strands of educational thinking: worldmindedness and child-centeredness. This document offers strategies for implementing global education into the curriculum by considering its infusion and integration. Activities presented in the book offer ideas and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Communication (Thought Transfer), Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
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Napper-Owen, Gloria E. – Strategies, 1994
Physical education teachers who want to be fair to all students may discover some ways teachers speak or act is discriminatory. Some items that teachers who want to treat students as fairly as possible should consider include class organization, teaching style, teacher-student interaction, teacher language, role models, and equipment. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Equal Education
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Ramirez, Daniel – Update on Law-Related Education, 1992
Describes Latino communities within the United States along with Chicano culture. Discusses the problems encountered when the history of U.S. law intersects with Chicano history. Suggests that education problems might be remedies by allowing some degree of political participation to resident aliens at the local and school board level. (DK)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Culture Conflict, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
Flynn, Valerie; Chambers, Roger David – Learning, 1994
Despite the women's movement, there is still gender inequality in the schools, often because boys and girls are treated differently in school. The article discusses the various forms of gender inequality, presents nine steps to a bias-free classroom, and looks at the move toward gender equality. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Equal Education
Roberts, Helen; And Others – 1994
This book explores successful teaching and learning approaches in multicultural college or university classrooms. Chapter 1, "Once You Accept, Then You Can Teach" (Juan C. Gonzalez), challenges instructors to think about how the students' cultural backgrounds relate to their educational goals and achievement and describes what faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Content, Cultural Differences
Love, Reeve – IDRA Newsletter, 1993
This article explores sex bias in curricular materials for elementary and secondary schools. Sex bias is defined as a set of unconscious behaviors that, in themselves, are often trivial and generally favorable. Although these behaviors do not hurt if they happen only once, they can cause a great deal of harm if a pattern develops that serves to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
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