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Robertson, Stella; Zuniga, Petra; Christenson, Hannah; Young, Jason – Gender and Education, 2022
High school policy debate is an academically rigourous and highly competitive US activity--elite debaters often go on to top universities and pursue successful careers. Access to the skills that debate teaches is invaluable for high schoolers, but these benefits are not equally accessible to all. As a historically male-dominated activity, the…
Descriptors: Debate, Gender Differences, Gender Bias, High School Students
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Murrell, Ocqua Gerlyn – Gender and Education, 2023
School operates as a space/place where girls must navigate and negotiate different aspects of their identities further adding to the complexities of Black girlhood. The scantiness of sociological scholarship surrounding Black girls from the Dutch West Indies elucidates this article's importance. I conducted audio- and video-recorded interviews…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Blacks, Foreign Countries
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Holland Iantosca, Megan; Lemke, Melinda – Gender and Education, 2022
High school counsellors serve as role models and mentors for students as they negotiate academic challenges, develop future career and educational plans, and explore their identities. Though research exists on the gendered experiences of high school administrators, there is a dearth of scholarship on school counsellors. To provide a framework for…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Gender Issues, Leadership
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Alniaçik, Ayse; Göksen, Fatos; Yükseker, Deniz – Gender and Education, 2019
This paper focuses on women's vocational education in Turkey as a gendered and gendering process. Cultural norms about women's role in society, a vocational curriculum that echoes these norms, and a labour market with gender inequalities constitute the background against which women formulate their vocational preferences and seek pathways into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Females, Vocational Education
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Keener, Emily; Mehta, Clare; Strough, JoNell – Gender and Education, 2013
We investigated gender differences in the association between gender-segregated peer preferences and sexism in adolescents (15-17 years, 60 boys and 85 girls). To assess gender-segregated peer preferences, adolescents nominated peers for interaction in two contexts: "hanging out" at home and working on a school project. The Modern Sexism…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Relationship, Gender Bias, Adolescents
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Armstrong, Victoria – Gender and Education, 2008
Drawing on empirical data, this paper examines gender issues around the use of digital technologies for music composition. Increased investment in digital music technologies in music classrooms in the United Kingdom has produced a situation whereby "composition" has become synonymous with "music technology suite". While this…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Gender Issues, Music Education, Music