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Mary Theresa Walsh – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Success in STEM-based fields provides a path to highly regarded and powerful positions in society. Hegemonic structures of society have excluded women and other non-hegemonic groups from these fields and from recognition in these fields. Between 1903 and 2018 the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded 113 times to 212 individuals. Marie Curie was…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Sex, Physics
Ebtssam Mohammad H Alqhtani – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Textbooks are an important aspect of formal education, and education and gender-related research clearly demonstrates that "within schools, textbooks play a significant role in the gender socialization of children" (Lee & Collins, 2010, p. 121). The goal of the current study is to look at textbooks that are used in Saudi social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Textbooks, Grade 4, Textbook Content
Fernandez, Neta – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Researchers and scholars agree that women and men use language differently and that these differences can lead to miscommunication and conflict. However, there is a paucity of research related to gendered language between faculty members with a doctoral degree. This qualitative research focused on language used between faculty members employed at…
Descriptors: Language Usage, College Faculty, Gender Differences, Qualitative Research
Abudalbuh, Mujdey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study is a sociolinguistic investigation of the use of four English generic pronouns ("he," "she," "he or she," singular "they") by Arabic-speaking second language learners of English. This study takes a different approach to the investigation of second language (L2) acquisition and use by examining the…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Sociolinguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Questionnaires
Blanchard, Sally Utley – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The position of the superintendency is a critical and influential one. It sets the strategic goals for teaching and learning for school divisions throughout the United States. It serves as a role model for future school leaders. The educational programs provided to students in public schools have a significant impact on the success of our youth.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Females, Self Esteem, Failure