Although schools should be places which boost children's self-esteem, they usually play an important part in damaging the self-esteem of their female students through various forms of gender bias. This study explored how public coeducational schools can strengthen the self-esteem of girls in grades 7-12. Twenty subjects, all of them female,…

A field study conducted in the east Jordan Valley (September 1981-August 1983) explored the role of formal education in the maintenance of sex-gender hierarchy and other social heirarchies. Two rural secondary schools were studied, one for boys and one for girls, both attended by members of several different social/ethnic groups who consider…