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Marsh, Herbert W.; Jayasinghe, Upali W.; Bond, Nigel W. – American Psychologist, 2008
Peer review is a gatekeeper, the final arbiter of what is valued in academia, but it has been criticized in relation to traditional psychological research criteria of reliability, validity, generalizability, and potential biases. Despite a considerable literature, there is surprisingly little sound peer-review research examining these criteria or…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Psychological Studies, Validity, Social Sciences
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Harris, Frank, III – NASPA Journal, 2008
Informed by the constructionist epistemological perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine socially constructed conceptualizations of masculinity and gender performance among 12 culturally diverse undergraduate men. The participants espoused seemingly productive conceptualizations of masculinity, yet their gendered behaviors were…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Males, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Moser, Kate – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Female faculty members and graduate students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick's political-science department feel unfairly compensated and shut out of leadership positions by their male counterparts, says an internal university report obtained by "The Chronicle." In at least one case, a woman has been afraid to complain about…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Women Faculty, Females, State Universities
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Syed, Khalida Tanvir – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2008
This paper aims to clarify three current misconceptions about the Islamic faith and issues of human rights and women's rights in the West. The first misconception is that Muslims are terrorists because they believe in Jihad. It is factually the case that Islamic teachings stress the value of peace and prosperity for all human beings. The second…
Descriptors: Muslims, Civil Rights, Females, Islam
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Lai, Alice – Art Education, 2009
Visual culture permeates women's everyday lives, affecting how they see themselves, the world, and their relationships with others. Increasing women's opportunities to recognize the power and problem of visual culture and subsequently to create new meanings through visual culture is an important teaching goal of the author. The author considered…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Art Education, Art Appreciation
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Gracia, Louise – Journal of Education and Work, 2009
Current political and economic discourses position employability as a responsibility of higher education, which deploys mechanisms such as supervised work experience (SWE) to embed employability skills development into the undergraduate curriculum. However, workplaces are socially constructed complex arenas of embodied knowledge that are gendered.…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Work Experience Programs, Females, Gender Bias
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Ohrn, Elisabet – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This article discusses understandings of girls confronting sexism in a Swedish multiethnic urban school. The empirical study includes school observations, conversations and formal group interviews with 15-16-year-old pupils from seven classes in four schools. The article provides an analysis of one of the schools, where the fieldwork showed gender…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Gender Discrimination
McCrary, Donald – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2009
Private student discourses are often ignored or prohibited in the academy; however, these private discourses are very meaningful, and representative of the ways that students order and speak about the world. Specifically, religion is an extremely significant private student discourse; exploring religious discourse might help students not only to…
Descriptors: Religion, Critical Thinking, Fiction, Books
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McHugh, Patrick P. – Journal of Management Education, 2009
The book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game", by Michael Lewis, has intrigued management practitioners and researchers. This article describes the use of the book as a supplementary reading in a management course. The book was found to be a useful complement to a traditional textbook when addressing topics such as organizational change…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Student Surveys
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Pittinsky, Todd L. – Childhood Education, 2009
Allophilia refers to an individual's feelings of affection, engagement, kinship, comfort, and enthusiasm toward members of a group seen as "different" and "other" (Pittinsky, Rosenthal, & Montoya, 2009b). The term allophilia is derived from the ancient Greek words for "liking" or "love" and the "other". The concept of allophilia mitigates the…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Family Relationship, Gender Bias, Individual Development
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Breeze, William – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2007
The following essay is a discussion of the author's work of becoming a male feminist teacher in the face of conservative views of feminism as well as skepticism from female (and male) students. He examines how authority (of knowledge) and authenticity (of experience) inform and impact the feminist practice of a male writing teacher. He…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Teachers, Feminism, Gender Issues
Miller, Eva – Library Journal, 2007
No matter their generation or library setting, the women who find technology and libraries a compelling combination share certain qualities. The women interviewed here are confident, skilled communicators and risktakers, people who seek challenges and prefer working in teams. They revel in new gadgetry, but they never forget it is all about a…
Descriptors: Females, Librarians, Technology, Library Services
Plane, Jandelyn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explores the representation of women in computer science at the tertiary level through data collected about undergraduate computer science education at Kabul University in Afghanistan. Previous studies have theorized reasons for underrepresentation of women in computer science, and while many of these reasons are indeed present in…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Females, Focus Groups, Disproportionate Representation
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Oliver, Kimberly L.; Hamzeh, Manal – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2010
Drawing on feminist, critical, and poststructural theories, the purpose of this research was: (a) to understand fifth-grade mestizas self-identified barriers to physical activity, and (b) to work with them to develop strategies for challenging these barriers. Data were collected over the 2005-06 school year. Our interpretations are divided into…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Activities, Play, Grade 5
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Pattman, R. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In the light of the notorious video made by white students at the University of Free State (UFS) in which black middle aged cleaners were subjected to forms of degradation in a mock initiation ceremony (which included being given food mixed with urine) the Minister of Education authorised an investigation on social cohesion in universities. The…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Participatory Research, Race, Universities
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