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Jamie Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study focuses upon the experiences of pre-teenage transgender (PTT) children as they negotiate their identities with their families and educational institutions. PTT children are an at risk population in U.S. public schools and frequently experience a lack of support and understanding from their families. Transgender identities…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, LGBTQ People, Self Concept, Student Needs
Hyun, Tricia – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the impact a robotics curriculum might have on the experiences and perceptions of middle school girls in two California classrooms. The research found that middle school girls in two different California classrooms felt that their experiences with robotics were personalized experiences…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, Robotics, Science Curriculum
Hosseini, Saeideh – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian women's gendered identities and language learning through the theoretical frameworks of feminist poststructuralism of gender and language, imagined communities, and communities of practice. Additionally, these theoretical constructs were linked to the concepts of agency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Females, Immigrants, Communities of Practice
Wilson, Amy Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 1971, female professional physical educators in higher education formed the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) to govern women's college athletics. The AIAW presidents gathered at the University of Iowa in July 1980 for a five-day conference: "AIAW... A Decade of Progress: Presidential Review" to create a…
Descriptors: Womens Athletics, Physical Education, Females, College Athletics
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
Jeremy Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In my three-article dissertation, "Concerning the Other: Empathic Discourse in Worldwide, National, and Student-Authored Textbook Historical Narratives," I explore how textbook authors empathize with marginalized groups. My data includes approximately 1,000 textbooks published from 1910 to 2010 from over 100 countries around the world,…
Descriptors: Empathy, History Instruction, Disadvantaged, Diversity
Phillips, Amy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Research points to a current and growing shortage of school leaders, yet qualified women are still under represented in school administration. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of female principals in the state of Missouri regarding gender bias. Data were collected using a 20 question survey sent electronically to all 980…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, School Administration, Sex Fairness, Administrator Attitudes
Lewis, Heather Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This content analysis study identifies ten leadership books currently in use in college leadership courses and explores the issues of gender bias as well as masculine and feminine leadership styles throughout the selected texts. An objective of this research was to gain understanding of the unique ways women approach leadership and to determine if…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Leadership Styles, Gender Bias
Horner, Beth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Women are under-represented in educational research and are much less likely to hold administrative positions than are men. This study, using the Liberal Feminist Theory and Structural Barrier Theory, proffers possible explanations for this phenomenon. Four women leaders were interviewed to gain insight into their instructional leadership…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Feminism, Educational Research
Cox, Barbara Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to interview women presidents and leaders in private, nonprofit universities regarding commonalities of perceptions and experiences in the leadership role, to examine the meaning of reactive behavior in the perceptions about their role, how they react or behave in their role, and if they perceived gender…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Females, College Presidents, Private Colleges
Rootes, Katie M. Heiden – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study sought to understand how parental cultural competence (PCC) develops for transracial adoptive parents. PCC refers to the use of cultural socialization by parents for supporting the racial and ethnic identity development of their transracially-adopted children. PCC remains an under researched area within transracial adoption research…
Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, Foster Care, Parenting Skills, Child Rearing
McManus, Kristen LeToria – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite affirmative action, gender inequities persist at institutions of higher learning in the United States. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of African American women serving in executive-level leadership positions at historically black colleges and universities in a state the Southeast. Participants…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Females, Women Administrators, African Americans
Greenawalt, Nancy Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods research study was to examine the relationship of modern sexism to a female athlete's preference for a coach based on the sex of the coach. Female athletes (N = 155) from one National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institution in the Northeastern United States participated in the…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Athletes, Females, Athletic Coaches
Lewis, Jamita Renae – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to describe and explore, through interviews, how African American female principals sustain and maintain authority. This study investigated what it takes to become the authority, and how to reinforce authority and ensure that authority is understood, in administrative level school leadership positions where…
Descriptors: Principals, African American Leadership, Females, Leadership Styles
Nelli, Debora Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Educational access, achievement and opportunity for students and educators in U.S. educational institutions is influenced and often limited by gender. Although the U.S. Glass Ceiling Commission reports that the gender equity values, beliefs and commitments of institutional leaders are a key factor in reducing institutional gender inequities (U.S.…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations