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Direct linkPatricia A. O. Etejere; Felicia K. Oluwalola; Omotayo Adewale Awodiji; Amudalatu A. Sagaya – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Globally, female teachers have established careers in teaching. In Nigeria, there are more females in the teaching profession at lower levels of education than at tertiary institutions. This study examined the gender distribution rate of teachers in secondary and tertiary institutions and the factors that caused differences in gender balance at…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty, Occupational Aspiration
Download full textMazana, Mzomwe Yahya; Montero, Calkin Suero; Casmir, Respickius Olifage – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
One of the aims of teaching and learning mathematics is to encourage and enable learners to become confident in using mathematics to analyze and solve practical problems in real-life situations. However, while a few students prosper in learning of mathematics, many students find it difficult and ultimately fail the subject. This study analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Teacher Attitudes
Stauber, Leah S. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2017
What happens when a team of university education researchers initiates a social justice learning project in a local high school, and--despite the overall project's considerable successes in cultivating students' critical political "voice"--is confounded by the periodic, apparent "silences" of some of its young female students?…
Descriptors: Social Justice, High School Students, Consciousness Raising, Political Issues
Evans, Stephanie Y., Ed.; Domingue, Andrea D., Ed.; Mitchell, Tania D., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2019
"Black Women and Social Justice Education" explores Black women's experiences and expertise in teaching and learning about justice in a range of formal and informal educational settings. Linking historical accounts with groundbreaking contributions by new and rising leaders in the field, it examines, evaluates, establishes, and…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Teachers, African American Students, Females
Safir, Abla – World Bank, 2015
With the adoption of sweeping changes in the governance of university admission, namely the implementation of the university entrance exam (UEE) in July 2014, and with broader reforms supported by the World Bank. The UEE reform improves governance in only one step, if a key one, in the long process to access and complete higher education: this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Access to Education, Higher Education
Malcom, Shirley, Ed.; Feder, Michael, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2016
Nearly 40 percent of the students entering 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions indicated their intention to major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in 2012. But the barriers to students realizing their ambitions are reflected in the fact that about half of those with the intention to earn a STEM bachelor's degree and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
Leder, Gilah C.; Taylor, Peter J. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2010
Over the past four decades, gender differences in mathematics learning have continued to attract attention from both the research and broader communities, in Australia and internationally. In this article, the authors briefly summarise key and persistent findings. They argue that the findings warrant a further investigation of the performance in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Gender Differences, Males, College Faculty
