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Abdul Qahar Sarwari; Hamedi Mohd Adnan – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Our descriptive survey assesses the possible alternative educational opportunities for female students deprived of formal education in Afghanistan. Our sample comprised 94 female participants, with 36 (38.3%) being high school students, 32 (34%) being high school graduates, and 26 (27.7%) being university students. Based on the results, the great…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Educational Opportunities, Females
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Wood, Susan – History of Education, 2009
Embroidery is traditionally regarded as women's work and the teaching of embroidery as a means of preparing young women for domesticity, a view which has been reinforced by historians studying changes in the high school art curriculum that occurred with the introduction of the Wyndham Scheme in New South Wales in the early 1960s. This paper argues…
Descriptors: High Schools, Females, Foreign Countries, Womens Education
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Wares, A. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 2006
Quilts are an integral part of the North American culture. Most households in North America have quilts with intricate geometric patterns. These patterns symbolize different things to different groups of people in this part of the world. It is important for students to see how mathematics comes from what is done in day-to-day life, not from the…
Descriptors: North Americans, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Needle Trades