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Tormey, Roland; Gleeson, Jim – Gender and Education, 2012
The growing literature on the gendering of citizenship and citizenship education highlights that western notions of "citizenship" have often been framed in a way that implicitly excludes women. At the same time, insofar as feminist writers have addressed citizenship, they have tended to see it in largely local and national terms. While…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Feminism
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Gross, Rachel; Kmeic, Julie; Worell, Judith; Crosby, Faye – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2001
Examined whether feminist professors of psychology at women's colleges derived more job satisfaction than feminist professors at coed colleges. Surveys and interviews indicated that feminist professors were generally satisfied with their pedagogical situations and generally dedicated to and successful at teaching. Institutional affiliation…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Faculty, Feminism, Higher Education
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Pollina, Ann – Educational Leadership, 1995
The female perspective is vital to scientific inquiry and science education. Three National Coalition of Girls' Schools symposia demonstrate educators' need to connect math, science, and technology to the real world; choose metaphors carefully; foster collaboration; encourage girls to be experts and technology controllers; and capitalize on girls'…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Coeducation, Feminism, Mathematics Education
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Schwager, Sally – Signs, 1987
Surveys literature on the history of coeducation, focusing on the marginalization of women. Discusses these themes: republican education; female literacy; the girls' academy; women and the history of teaching; life-cycle patterns; the migration of teachers from New England; black women teachers; urbanization and feminization; immigration; students…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism
Jha, Jyotsna, Kelleher, Fatimah – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement--both in terms of participation and performance--has also become an issue in a number of countries. This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
2002
These papers examine various perspectives on the gender debate in education: (1) "'Too Strong for a Woman': The Five Words That Created Title IX" (Bernice R. Sandler); (2) "Feminists Discover the Hidden Injuries of Coeducation" (David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot); (3) "Images of Relationship" (Carol Gilligan); (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Coeducation