Investigated occupational stereotypes of nursery school, kindergarten, third- and sixth-grade children, and the effects of their acquiring the concept of gender stability. Assessed (1) personal aspirations, and (2) ideas about jobs men and women do. (Author/GC)

Information was collected from high school students and their parents, teachers, and counselors to examine factors influential in students' career and program decisions. Students were selected from general curriculum and vocational tracks, the latter including construction and maintenance trades, drafting, electronics, and cosmetology. (Author/GC)

A study was done to examine the differences among college students' perceptions of the shift in gender domination in selected occupations. Results indicate that the particular institution attended may affect perceptions. (JN)

Argues that girls must be assisted in relating their education to serious, long-term careers; boys must be helped to prepare for the changed roles that men will have in the future. Ways to help include career awareness, classroom environment, parental and community involvement, and curriculum development. (CT)

Even though subjects clearly regarded nontraditional occupational choices as less appropriate than traditional choices, this bias did not affect their ratings of, or their willingness to work with, the counselor. Results are discussed in terms of implications for sex-fair counseling for males and females. (Author)

Results of this study provide evidence that college women perceive themselves as being less informed about nontraditional occupations. College men perceive themselves as equally knowledgeable about traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine occupations. (Author)

This article uses research which focuses on women and occupations to discuss three questions: (1) Why should women coach? (2) What factors exclude women? and (3) Why might the number of women coaches continue to decline? (IAH)

This booklet contains descriptions of 34 sex equity projects in Oregon. Project descriptions contain such information as a contact person and the project's audience, procedures, outcomes, and funding sources. The projects are organized under three headings--displaced homemaker projects, support services/special needs projects, and women in…

A research study in which 24 leading preservice teacher education textbooks are examined for degree of sex equity reveals a predominant attitude of imbalance and omission towards the role and contribution of females in American society and education. The textbooks are content analyzed for space allocation and treatment of sexism, sex differences…

Goals of a project to design a career awareness workshop for vocational-technical students included identifying and defining sex stereotypes and discrimination, increasing student awareness of stereotyping, increasing knowledge of career options, exposing students to non-traditional role models, and providing inservice training. A literature and…

A study was conducted to (1) document the expanding role of women in the U.S. Army and (2) determine whether soldiers in 1974 believed that certain military jobs were appropriate for women and whether those beliefs were related to respondent sex, rank, and expectation of leaving the army before retirement. An examination of army records revealed…

The author describes components of a sex-fairness activity that he developed in his schools: OINK (Observed Interest in Negating Knowledge), an instrument to show students their own sex bias; sex-based language discussion; transparencies identifying sex bias on television and elsewhere; and freedom training, a film on nontraditional vocations for…

Results of study suggested that single female workers are evaluated favorably so long as they pursue sex-typical jobs, while female and single male workers are viewed much less favorably when they are in sex-atypical fields. (CMG)

Compared kindergarten children (N=24) who were exposed to nontraditional vocational role models and curricular materials and a control group. Results showed the treatment group was slightly less traditional in their vocational role preferences at the end of the 10-week treatment. (WAS)

Reviews the women's rights movement and discusses the evolution of society's attitudes toward women. Discusses the goals and methods of Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Sex Equity Plan, a vocational education program for achieving sex equity. Highlights five major components: education, student recruitment, self-paced, self-directed instruction, job…