As in Volume 1, "Women's Education--A World View: Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations" (1979), Volume 2 includes all available entries in English on several aspects of girls' and women's education worldwide. Volume 2 lists and summarizes nearly 4,000 reports, monographs, and books. Entries are listed according to author and cover such…

Identifies what counselor must do to broaden career options for young women and work toward gender equity. Focuses on counselor awareness; cultural expectations and gender role stereotypes; mathematics and science stereotypes; self-concept; self-esteem and self-confidence; fear of success; family and life planning; parental and peer influence; and…

The results of a longitudinal study of women pursuing administrative careers provides a fuller understanding of the motivations of women and assists aspiring women in making informed career choices. The book has five sections. The first covers career stages common to most aspirants, but from a female perspective. In the second section, women…

Most senior trade union posts are held by men, even in organizations where most members are women. The paper examines how the Norwegian Union of Teachers has advanced in this area, noting the status of gender equality in Norway, Norway's work toward gender equality, and the country's focus on educational change. (SM)

Suggestions for making teachers aware of nontraditional jobs and imparting that knowledge to their students are the substance of this document. The following topics are addressed: awareness of nontraditional occupations and the men and women who are involved in them, encouraging students to consider a nontraditional occupations (beginning at an…

This pamphlet offers brief descriptions of ideas for including sex equity in career education programs. Activities are suggested to encourage parent participation and use of community resources. All grade levels from early elementary to secondary are represented. Sample activities include a language arts contest, student council projects, a hall…

This publication provides a comprehensive list of strategies from which vocational educators can choose when designing a recruitment campaign. The strategies are aimed at increasing the participation of females and males in Ohio's vocational programs. They offer suggestions for (1) involving elementary and middle schools, high schools, parents,…

Discusses Swedish efforts to promote sexual equality by enhancing female interest in technology rather than traditional female employment. Examines programs designed for students aged 7-20 and recognizes the need for inservice teacher training. Equating economic equality with sexual equality, the goal is to encourage females to pursue technical…

The Nontraditional Career Opportunities Project was originally developed to recruit, retain, and place students into vocational programs considered nontraditional for their gender. Primary concerns were delivery of printed materials giving information on nontraditional careers and project services; community relations activities and products,…

Women and minorities are underrepresented in technology-related careers for many reasons, including lack of access, level of math and science achievement, and emotional and social attitudes about computer capabilities. Schools and teachers can use the following strategies to attract women and minorities to high-tech careers and prepare them for…

The role of women in teachers' organizations in South and South-East Asia was the subject of a workshop having two principal objectives: (1) a consideration of measures that can be taken by teachers' organizations to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and to secure for them human rights on the basis of equality with men; and (2)…

The session outline and accompanying participant materials in this guide comprise one component of a multicomponent workshop developed to help implement Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, written to attain sex equity in schools. The guide includes an overview of the workshop package which consists of five three-hour sessions: three…

This handbook is part of the New Pioneers training program designed to build trust between the sexes and expand roles for women and men. Based on the premise that barriers to equity often involve personal values, this handbook outlines 14 sessions to help educators explore and broaden their own sex-role perceptions and those of students. The…

The effort to obtain equal pay for teachers, especially for women teaching at the elementary school level, is traced briefly. Teachers are urged to resist salary bonuses for teachers of science and mathematics and to work instead to increase salaries for all teachers. (PP)

Analyzes "Little Women" (Louisa May Alcott) and its concept of teaching girls that values feelings and emphasizes health and well-being, suggesting that this concept is helpful in rethinking the meaning of teaching with sensitivity to gender effects and school responsibility. (SM)