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Colette, Andreucci; Marjolaine, Chatoney – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
Many studies have shown the importance of the socio-cultural factors that lead girls to desert scientific and technological courses. Over a long period, the contents of the French technology education (TE) college curricula may well have contributed to strengthening the feeling among girls that this discipline was better suited to boys. The choice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Technology Education, Instructional Material Evaluation
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Yoon, Junghyun – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
Drawing on cross-cultural qualitative research in comprehensive (primary and middle) schools in Finland and Korea, this article explores students' peer relationships as well as tensions and negotiations that occur between student agency and school control. Based on school observations and interviews with students and teachers, this article…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Schools
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Scholes, Laura – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Exploring the diverse nature of students' interpretations of their reading experiences, this study moves beyond broad generalizations about boys and girls to consider complexities inherent in the social processes that influence students' engagement in reading. While the study aimed to develop understandings about the ways notions of masculinity…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Masculinity, Males, Females
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McGeown, Sarah; Goodwin, Hannah; Henderson, Nikola; Wright, Penelope – Journal of Research in Reading, 2012
This study examined sex differences in reading skill and reading motivation, investigating whether these differences could be better accounted for by sex, or by gender identity. One hundred and eighty-two primary school children (98 males) aged 8-11 completed a reading comprehension assessment, reading motivation questionnaire and a gender role…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation, Sexual Identity, Reading Skills