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Montserrat Cubillos; Rosario Rousseau – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
Reading is linked to numerous positive outcomes, including academic achievement, reduced stress, and enhanced life expectancy. However, a significant portion of Chilean adolescents engage in limited reading. Notably, male students tend to exhibit lower levels of reading motivation compared to their female counterparts, with declining reading…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Reading Motivation, Males, Single Sex Schools
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Howard, Adam; Freeman, Kayla – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
This article employs the concept of 'everyday multiculturalism' to examine what students at an elite school in Australia are taught about working with and across difference through global citizenship education within a single-sex classroom model. The authors explore the ways in which larger social cohesion agendas are reinforced through the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Single Sex Schools, Interaction
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Errázuriz, Valentina – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2021
This article explores the processes by which Chilean female feminist public high school students used political and historical narratives and symbols during the feminist movement of 2018. It analyzes how these particular usages were crossed by affective intensities that worked to produce students' political subjectivities as collective and…
Descriptors: Females, Single Sex Schools, Personal Narratives, Feminism
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Gándara, Fernanda; Silva, Monica – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
This study seeks to develop a better understanding of the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering by analyzing the gender gaps (a) in the interest in pursuing a science degree and (b) on science achievement. We use national-level college admissions data to examine gender differences and to explore the association between these…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Science Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries