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Çuhadaroglu, Alper – Online Submission, 2021
In this study, the relationships between university students and their perceptions of gender roles and epistemological beliefs were investigated. Gender roles are a phenomenon that are determined by culture, and begin to emerge at an early age, which may include some stereotypical behaviors along with a number of attitudes, duties and obligations…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Sex Role, Epistemology
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O'Connor, Pat; O'Hagan, Clare; Myers, Eva Sophia; Baisner, Liv; Apostolov, Georgi; Topuzova, Irina; Saglamer, Gulsun; Tan, Mine G.; Caglayan, Hulya – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
This article is concerned with the source of men's invisible advantage in the male-dominated disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is suggested that this advantage has been obscured by combining sponsorship and mentoring. The research asks: Are men or women most likely to be mentored? Is it possible to…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Advantaged, STEM Education
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Cin, F. Melis; Dogan, Necmettin – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
This paper aims to explore how refugee students construct pathways of access to higher education by drawing on interviews with 15 Syrian university students studying at different universities across Turkey. The research is located within a capabilities-based human development paradigm from which it outlines the factors that enable students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Kalkan, Naci; Engin, Sabiha Gizem – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
In this study, by determining the thoughts of women footballers about their experiences in football fields; aims to reveal female footballers and social reactions, and to take steps towards solving the problems. A semi-structured interview form created by the researchers consisting of a total of five questions was used in the interviews with the…
Descriptors: Females, Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Education
Kalkan, Naci; Engin, Sabiha Gizem – Online Submission, 2020
In this study, by determining the thoughts of women footballers about their experiences in football fields; aims to reveal female footballers and social reactions, and to take steps towards solving the problems. A semi-structured interview form created by the researchers consisting of a total of five questions was used in the interviews with the…
Descriptors: Females, Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Education
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Tarhan, Sinem; Ünal, Fatma; Köksal, Eda Çürükvelioglu – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
While the biological differences accepted by the individuals themselves are seen as sex differences, at the point of socializing the society culture, the differences in the ways of behavior, emotion, and role which are taught are seen as "acceptable" according to the sex are seen as gender role differences. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Gender Discrimination
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Aydemir, Sevilay; Demirkan, Özden – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2018
The main objective of this study is to determine the training needs of prospective teachers for gender-aware media literacy training. In this study, within the scope of which qualitative research methods were employed, case study model was used. The study group was designated by using maximum variation sampling method, as one of the purposeful…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Media Literacy, Needs Assessment, Educational Needs
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Findik, Leyla Yilmaz – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Turkey has been concerned about gender inequality in education for many years and has implemented various policy instruments. However, gender disparity still seems to prevail today. This study seeks to provide an insight to the gender differences in terms of enrollment rates, level of education, fields of education and number of graduates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Higher Education, Equal Education
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Fincham, Kathleen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Within the Middle East and North Africa region, more than 5,600,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as seen here https://www.unhcr.org/. Amongst university-aged refugees, only a small fraction (Jordan -- 8%, Lebanon -- 6%, Turkey -- 1%) are currently enrolled in higher education. This paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Kahraman, Hanife – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
This study examined the effects of a sexual health curriculum developed for school psychological counsellors in Turkey on the sexual health knowledge of the participating candidates, their beliefs in sexual myths and their tendencies towards ambivalent sexism and sexism in romantic relationships. The study adopted a semi-experimental design. Study…
Descriptors: Health Education, Sex Education, Counselor Training, Gender Bias
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 21-24, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Hispanic American Students
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Gokce, Asiye Toker – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2013
This study explores discrimination on campus in Turkey. The participants were 164 university students from the first, third, and fourth classes of two departments in a university in Turkey. The data was gathered through a questionnaire developed by the author. The results revealed that students were discriminated against because of their clothing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Social Discrimination
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Kennedy, Nilgun Fehim; Senses, Nazli; Ayan, Pelin – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
In Turkey, one of the major challenges that university education faces is the indifference of young people towards social issues. The aim of this article is to contribute to the "practice" of critical pedagogy by proposing that showing movies is an important critical teaching method with the power both to give pleasure to the students…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Social Psychology, Teaching Methods