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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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Harun Serpil; Eren Kesim – Open Praxis, 2024
This study aims to perform a descriptive analysis of the websites of public and foundation universities in Türkiye to reveal the current positioning context of their units in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystems. The study was designed using a holistic multiple case study method, in which the dimensions specified in the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Global Approach
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Rohrmann, Tim – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
This paper gives an overview of international developments towards gender balance in the ECEC workforce in the last three decades. Research results on the role of male and female ECEC professionals and strategies for recruiting more men are reflected against goals of gender diversity and equality. As the overview shows, attitudes towards male…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Disproportionate Representation, Males, Educational Change
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Demir, Melek; Kaya, Leyla; Turan, Merve; Vural Batik, Meryem – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
Cinderella syndrome is a concept which is used to define woman who fear from being independent. Women with Cinderella syndrome are in the need of men's refuge and protection. The syndrome is like a psychological dependence for women and in this dependence, the situation of being patient and moral is important for being rescued by a man as a…
Descriptors: Fear, Females, Personal Autonomy, Moral Values
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Demira, Yusuf; Yavuz, Mustafa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Gender discrimination is still a hot debate running in the periphery of education. One way it is imposed on students is through printed materials and coursebooks, particularly those used for foreign language teaching given their rich linguistic content and content-based nature. This paper reports on a study which investigated gender…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Textbooks
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Peeters, J.; Rohrmann, T.; Emilsen, K. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Social attitudes about male participation in the upbringing of children have changed considerably over the past few decades. Men are now seen as important for children's development and learning. Research from many countries worldwide shows that in early childhood care and education (ECEC), male workers are welcomed by female colleagues and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Males, Sex Fairness, Disproportionate Representation
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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
Gungor, Ramazan; Prins, Esther – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2011
Adult education curricula such as literacy textbooks present blueprints for living, including different ways of being and relating as men and women. However, educators and scholars seldom consider the underlying assumptions about gender in literacy workbooks, especially in international settings. This study used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)…
Descriptors: Females, Adult Literacy, Gender Bias, Sexual Identity
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Karakaya, Ismail – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The aim of this study is to determine the items in Science and Technology and Mathematics subtests of 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in the 2009 LDE, which was performed to select the students for the secondary schools, exhibited item bias with regard to student gender. Mantel-Haenszel (MH) method was used in order to determine the differential item…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Rani, Manju; Bonu, Sekhar – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Using demographic and health surveys conducted between 1998 and 2001 from seven countries (Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, and Turkey), the study found that acceptance of wife beating ranged from 29% in Nepal, to 57% in India (women only), and from 26% in Kazakhstan, to 56% in Turkey (men only). Increasing wealth predicted…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Employed Women, Foreign Countries
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Anliak, Sakire; Beyazkurk, Derya Sahin – Educational Studies, 2008
While, in some professions, the gender balance seems to be changing in the direction of equality, the participation of males in early childhood education has not expanded because of stereotypical perceptions of this occupation, low salaries and status, and fear of being accused of sexual abuse. Males may make important contributions to the field…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Gender Bias, Males
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Celikten, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
Women have long been well represented in the teaching position, yet, traditionally, there has been an inverse relationship between the number of women qualified to serve in administrative positions in the school and the rate at which women actually fill these positions (Kuh & McCarty, 1989). Although many professional fields are showing…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Males