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"We're Supposed to Be Playing Damsels in Distress": Gendered Discourses in a Seventh-Grade Mathematics Classroom
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Przybyla-Kuchek, Julia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many approaches have been taken to study gender (in)equities in mathematics education, including studies of students' achievement on standardized tests, participation in postgraduate degrees and careers, participation in the classroom, and students and teachers' mathematics identities. In this dissertation, I used Baxter (2003b)'s Feminist…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Social Influences
School Health Teachers' Gender-Sensitive Sexual Health Education Experiences in South Korea
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Eunha Jeong; Jinhyun Kim; Chin Kang Koh – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
Sexual health education is mandatory in South Korea. However, gender equality, and the rights of sexuality and gender-diverse people are contentious issues in Korean society. This study describes school health teachers' experiences delivering sexual health education especially in relation to gender equality and the rights of sexuality and gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Health Education, Gender Issues
Gendered Subjectivities in English Classrooms: A Critically Queered Examination of Sex-Segregated Education
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Javier Sierra-Gordillo – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2024
This study explores the link between gender and language in single-sex schools in Colombia. Using feminist theory, the study analyzes the gendered subjectivities of English-as-a-foreign-language learners in a private school in Bogotá. It examines how heterosexuality is forced upon learners and how their subjectivities are impacted by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Gender Issues
Investigating Conflation of Sex and Gender Language in Student Writing about Genetics
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Stuhlsatz, Molly A. M.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Donovan, Brian M. – Science & Education, 2020
Conflation of sex and gender is implicated in the development of essentialist thinking, which has been linked to the justification of systems of prejudice in modern society. This exploratory study presents findings from a person randomized control trial conducted with 460 students in 8th-10th grade that investigated the extent to which students…
Descriptors: Sex, Gender Issues, Gender Bias, Grade 8
The STEM Pipeline: Do Media and Objectified Body Consciousness Create an Early Exit for Middle School Girls?
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Daniels, Elizabeth A.; Robnett, Rachael D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Girls and women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Research has investigated various explanatory factors (e.g., lack of role models, sexism) in these patterns. However, to date, the roles of media use and body concerns have not been examined. This study investigated associations among…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Bias, Disproportionate Representation, Mass Media Effects
Addressing Underrepresentation of Young Women of Color in Engineering and Computing through the Lens of Sociocultural Theory
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Eisenhart, Margaret; Allen, Carrie D. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
In the past several decades, women have made considerable progress toward gender equity in the USA, but women in general and women of color in particular continue to be underrepresented in some fields of STEM, notably engineering and computing. Women of color in these fields are also underrepresented in the STEM education research literature. In…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Females, Minority Group Students, Womens Education