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Sex Equity in Teacher Preparation: A Priority for the Eighties.
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Sadker, Myra; And Others – Journal of Teacher Education, 1980
The role of the teacher educator in eliminating sex bias in the schools is discussed. Limited resource availability to fulfill this role is noted. (JD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Teacher Education
Guest Editorial: Message to Publishers--We Need Expanded Role Models in Reading Materials.
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Scott, Kathryn P. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Notes that boys continue to be portrayed in reading materials in activities stereotypically associated with males, such as sports, adventure, and leadership; suggests that reading materials are needed that show boys in nurturing and expressive roles as well. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Males
Sex, Schools, and Socialization.
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Ornstein, Allan C.; Levine, Daniel U. – Educational Forum, 1982
Discusses various factors which affect sexual identity in boys and girls: orientation of curriculum and classroom activities; presence of competitive sports; and sex-role stereotypes in textbooks. Also discusses how societal changes, such as employment and educational attainment of women and decreased family size, are affecting former sex roles.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Birth Rate, Class Activities, Curriculum
"Dick Does" and "Jane Watches": Sex-Role Stereotyping in the Curriculum.
Storey, John – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1979
Sex-role stereotyping in Canadian textbooks is discussed and curriculum changes as a solution to the problem are suggested. (JMF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Machismo y educacion en Puerto Rico [Machismo and Education in Puerto Rico].
Pico, Isabel – 1979
This book is the result of a study that investigated the influence of "machismo" (a set of attitudes, beliefs, and behavior that perpetuates the myth of male superiority) in elementary education. The study included (1) a content analysis of textbooks used in Spanish and social studies classes in public and private schools in Puerto Rico…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Males, Native Language Instruction, Sex Bias
Textbooks as Reinforcers of Sexist Attitudes.
Henderson, Ilona – 1978
Students are exposed to a curriculum that primes both males and females for a sexist society. Picture books are the first reading materials to which young children are exposed. An analysis of award winning children's books reveals negative associations about being female. Sex role stereotyping is already operative at the prereading and early…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Set Them an Example: Sexism in the College Handbooks.
Wolfe, Susan J. – 1979
An examination of eight widely used college English handbooks published since 1974 reveals a range of sexist usage, indicating that authors and editors have not reached a general consensus on which practices they and student writers are to avoid as sexist. Sexism is still manifest in handbooks in such practices as the following: using sexually…
Descriptors: English Education, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Usage
The Rural School Administrator's Role in Achieving Sex Equity of Curriculum.
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Bailey, Gerald D.; Smith, Nancy J. – Rural Educator, 1987
Sex equity researchers have identified four areas that demand the attention of rural and small school administrators: inadequate textbooks, student gender differences in knowledge/attitudes about women, inadequate student knowledge of and attitudes toward women in society, and messages of lack of status/importance of women found in the hidden…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education