Traces the history and experiences of some educators who have transcended gender stereotypes. Presents a historical analysis of how fear of homosexuality emerged among educators and the public and how homophobia has permeated rigid gender-defined roles in school employment. (SLD)

Compared effectiveness in teaching nontraditional career awareness of a short-term program emphasizing nontraditional career awareness with a program which did not, and a no-program case. Used 39 female rural high school students as subjects. No significant differences were found. (ABL)

Describes the development of "Choices: A Teen Woman's Journal for Self-Awareness and Personal Planning," a publication of the Girls' Club of Santa Barbara. Suggests that the growing usage of the "Choices" curriculum in secondary schools is evidence of the need for more such materials. (KH)

The present experiment failed to replicate a widely-cited sexist bias in people's evaluations of occupations that was originally reported by Touhey (1974). College students (N=303) did not downgrade the prestige of masculine professions or upgrade that of feminine professions when told that the proportion of other-sex (i.e., minority)…

Survey of 100 female and 100 male college students revealed that female students entering nontraditional career areas still experience greater conflict between the importance of their work and home values than do men in the same occupational majors. Yet, the two sexes share many similarities in their career-related values and values toward home…

This study examined differences in occupational aspirations of students grouped by sex and sex-intensiveness of vocational programs. Students in traditionally female occupations had the highest job aspirations. Females in male-intensive, female-intensive, and nonsex-intensive programs had higher aspirations than males in each of these groups.…

Describes a program that reaches out to displaced homemakers and gives them the support they need to enter nontraditional training and jobs. Discusses program content, funding, and enrollment; an introductory displaced homemaker class; recruitment methods; career exploration; support services; dropout prevention methods; job placement; and…

Vocational training program females (N=470) completed a questionnaire assessing the role of personality and social support factors in nontraditional training enrollment. Results revealed differences in the amount of support and encouragement received from others, with nontraditional students receiving more support from female friends, family…

Middle school and high school girls participated in a five-week, nontraditional role-modeling intervention. Dependent variables were interest in nontraditional occupations, career salience, and vocational exploration behavior. No significant treatment effects were found on the criterion measures. High school girls engaged in a significantly…

The author states that moving more women into nontraditional occupations in the future will depend on the willingness of employers and educators alike to continue to accept the challenge to do so--to be innovative in their approaches and to persevere despite tenacious beliefs about stereotypical women's roles. (CT)

Because of the difficulty that recent graduates with advanced history degrees have finding employment, universities are implementing public history programs which educate historians for nontraditional jobs, e.g., careers with public service agencies or government. One such program, the Western Washington University Graduate Program in Archival and…

Examined precollege data for men and women students (N=632) who successfully completed nontraditional and traditional (for women) college study. Results showed few differences between men and women in high school who subsequently graduate in the same field. Differences were shown in mechanical reasoning ability, and technical versus service…

Investigated effects of perceived job availability for women and sex role orientation on college women's evaluations of highly prestigious male-dominated occupations. Subjects wanted to pursue occupations with good job availability for women and expected the most intellectual stimulation and approval from others as a result of pursuing these…

Reports on a survey of women enrolled in the Grossmont Community College District. Compares the background and educational characteristics; attitudes towards women, work, and family; and personality characteristics of women enrolled in traditional or nontraditional programs for their sex. Advocates support services for women in nontraditional…

Reviews literature concerning women who choose nontraditional occupations. Discusses female career choice in general, and describes characteristics and traits of the nontraditionalistic woman, including personality, motivational and background traits. Discusses the effects of federal antidiscrimination legislation and current trends in women's…