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Peer reviewedGregg, Charles H.; Dobson, Kristine – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1980
Although children identify many occupations as equally available for both sexes, their occupational likes and dislikes are sex role linked. The elementary school counselor can help students broaden their perceptions by working with students, teachers, parents, school administrators, and the community to enhance career education. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Childhood Interests, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedNihlen, Ann Sigrid; Bailey, Becky A. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1988
Analysis of 232 elementary school children's questions posed to nontraditional workers reveals that gender schemata are important aspects of a child's thought processes. Common characteristics of their questions are identified. Boys and girls fill part of their gender schema with like kinds of information about what is gender-appropriate behavior.…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests
