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Verger, Antoni; Bonal, Xavier; Zancajo, Adrián – Open Society Foundations, 2015
This report reviews the conceptual debates and existing data sources that relate to three ambiguous and controversial targets included in the post-2015 education framework: Relevant Learning Outcomes; Knowledge, Skills, Values, and Attitudes (for education for global citizenship and sustainable development); and Teachers and Safe, Inclusive, and…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation, Preschool Education
Easterly, Debra M.; Ricard, Cynthia S. – Journal of Research Administration, 2011
Issues surrounding gender discrimination have been addressed over the past 40 years with various pieces of legislation and federal policies that have made such discrimination illegal. The number of women in higher education as students and faculty has steadily increased since the 1950s, though only in certain disciplines and in the lower faculty…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Gender Discrimination, STEM Education, Biological Sciences
Short, Donn – Education Canada, 2011
Safe school policies in many urban schools in Ontario have featured security guards, electronic surveillance, student identification tags, discipline, and zero tolerance. In 2000, the Ontario Ministry of Education passed the Safe Schools Act, which set out a list of offences that could trigger expulsion, suspension, and other disciplinary…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Security, School Safety, Foreign Countries
Murniati, Cecilia Titiek – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Increasing numbers of women have gained access to college and the college teaching profession worldwide. However, women continue to be underrepresented in academic, research, and leadership positions. Women who have aspirations for top leadership positions still encounter numerous internal and external challenges. Existent literature on women…
Descriptors: Career Development, Women Administrators, Barriers, Performance Factors
Ryan, James – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
This book describes the struggles in which inclusive-minded administrators find themselves when they promote equity initiatives. Administrators routinely struggle when they attempt to include all members of their school communities--teachers, students, and parents--the various aspects of schooling. Given the presence of a host of obstacles,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Homosexuality, Gender Bias, Administrator Effectiveness
Bower, Beverly L.; Wolverton, Mimi – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2009
Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about women, particularly minority women, who fill this particular role. This book--the second in a series that explores women leaders in different contexts--presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership, of seven African American…
Descriptors: African Americans, Empowerment, African American Community, Higher Education
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Farland-Smith, Donna – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
This article is the culmination of an extensive inquiry-focused interactive experience involving female middle school students and five university scientists, which demonstrated that middle school girls' perception of science and scientists can be successfully improved. The study exposed students to adult professional scientists over a period of a…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Middle Schools, Females, Student Journals
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Cress, Christine M.; Hart, Jeni – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2009
Sports metaphor is employed as an epistemic tool for describing psychological, sociocultural, and organizational factors that contribute to enduring gender bias, inequalities, and discrimination faced by women faculty at colleges and universities. Quantitative and qualitative data from two comprehensive institutional campus climate studies show…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Females, Figurative Language, Gender Discrimination
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Ho, Wai-Chung – Gender and Education, 2009
This paper examines the extent of gender differences, and discusses the role of gender in musical instrument learning. It focuses on the collective instrumental experiences of 1493 Chinese students (774 boys and 719 girls attending grades 7-13) within Western and non-Western musical traditions in Hong Kong. The discussion draws attention to gender…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
Patterson, Thomas H.; Crumpler, Thomas P. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
As a teacher with more than 30 years experience at the middle school, secondary, and college level, primarily in English studies, Patterson (the first author) decided a few years ago to reexamine his practices and instructional methods. He wondered what would be the effects on him and his students when he would begin to utilize ideas emanating…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Models, Reader Response, Intention
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Maylor, Uvanney – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
This article examines what it means to be a Black female researcher in contemporary Britain. Drawing on Black feminist theory and critical race theory (CRT), this article seeks to highlight some of the experiences and challenges that Black female researchers face when undertaking research, particularly research that has diversity, equality or…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Feminism, Researchers, African Americans
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Lee, Kristen Schultz – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
The predictions of resource dilution and sibship gender composition models of educational investment are tested using the Japanese Nationwide Survey on Families (N = 6,985). Japan is an important case because of its postindustrial economy, coupled with high levels of dependence on parental investment to attend a university and persisting gender…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Siblings, Gender Bias
Burnette, Samara Fleming – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Currently, little is known about African-American women with doctoral degrees in physics. This study examined the lived experiences of African-American women who completed doctoral programs in physics. Due to factors of race and gender, African-American women automatically enter a double-bind in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Physics, Females, African American Students, Resilience (Psychology)
MacArthur, Tracy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Though women constitute the majority of the teacher workforce, historically, they have been underrepresented in the school superintendency. And although California boasts higher percentages of female superintendents than the national average, a discrepancy clearly continues to exist. This study investigated female school superintendents' common…
Descriptors: Careers, Mentors, Females, Leadership Styles
Okun, Tema Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
"The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know" is designed to offer both practical and theoretical grounding for leaders and teachers interested in effectively addressing racism as well as other oppressive constructs. The dissertation offers an overview of the role of western culture in maintaining…
Descriptors: Social History, Sexuality, Racial Bias, Race
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