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Men Who Teach Young Children: An International Perspective
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Brody, David – Trentham Books, 2014
Few men around the world work in daycare settings, nursery schools or kindergartens. Yet wherever they are found, men who are perceived to have crossed the gender boundary in their choice of profession are widely acclaimed as gifted educators and excellent caregivers. Policy makers who care about providing quality education for young children need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Gender Issues, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Postmodern Career Counseling: A Handbook of Culture, Context, and Cases
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Busacca, Louis A., Ed.; Rehfuss, Mark C., Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2017
This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients' diverse needs in today's challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Postmodernism, Counseling Techniques, Career Choice
Colloquy on Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
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Didion, Catherine; Fortenberry, Norman L.; Cady, Elizabeth – National Academies Press, 2012
On August 8-12, 2010 the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), convened the Colloquy on Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), following the release of several reports highlighting the educational challenges facing minority males. The NSF recognized the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Males, Minority Group Students, Federal Programs
Gender and Choice in Education and Occupation.
Radford, John, Ed. – 1998
Nine chapters present cutting-edge research on "brainsex" and its effects on personality, education, and choice. It targets concepts such as job attributes, work flexibility, long-term life planning, home-work conflict, prestige versus occupational interest, and intrinsic motivational mechanisms to explain the relative failure of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biological Influences, Career Choice, Career Education
Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Preference Theory.
Hakim, Catherine – 2000
This book proposes a new, multidisciplinary theory for explaining and predicting current and future patterns of women's choice between employment and family work. Chapters 1 and 2 present main tenets of preference theory and explain the need for the theory. Chapters 3 through 8 elaborate four principal tenets of preference theory. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Career Choice, Career Development
Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education: Historical, Cultural and Policy Aspects.
Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed. – 2001
In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice