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Renner, Richard R. – Independent School Bulletin, 1976
While American educators are making a self-conscious effort to minimize sex differences in school programs, sex-role differentiation is thriving in many foreign schools. Article examined the issues behind the education of girls and women in countries where sexual equality has not yet become official policy. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Practices, Equal Education
Gross, Jeannie – American Vocational Journal, 1976
The mandatory provision to make sixth grade classes in home economics and industrial arts at Schaghticoke Middle School coeducational created a controversy between the National Organization for Women and the John Birchers. (EC)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Conflict, Elementary Education, Equal Education
Thurston, Paul W. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1977
The following are discussed with reference to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibit sex discrimination in federally-supported educational programs: What is title IX? The letter of the law--can the school limit home economics to girls? Is a school in noncompliance if over 75 percent of the students in a home economics class…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Home Economics Education
Dow, Ruth McNabb – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1977
Notes for teachers on how to help students in recognizing life style options, sex stereotypes, career opportunities, socialization tendencies, legal rights, and flexibility in roles. (JT)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Home Economics Education
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Rury, John L. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1987
Historically, conceptions of gender in education revolved around a distinctive set of assumptions about male and female sexuality. This article focuses on the principal arguments, related to education, associated with sexuality and sex equity during three critical periods in American history: antebellum, latter nineteenth century, early twentieth…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Haines, Patricia Foster – 1979
Literature from the late nineteenth century and a case study of Cornell University between 1870 and 1900 are discussed in relation to higher education of women to explore how contemporary theorists and academic administrators dealt with the issues. Theoretical definitions of "equal" opportunities for women in academe shifted from…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coeducation, College Students, Educational History
Lockheed, Marlaine E. – 1976
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prescribes educational equity under coeducation (or sex desegregation). Equity of educational benefits is to include the entire range of educational outcomes: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. However, coeducational classrooms may not provide this equity. Research pertaining to the relative merits…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Cognitive Objectives, Competition