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Pardhan, Almina – International Education Journal, 2005
Schooling for girls is a relatively recent process in Booni Valley, a remote mountainous village in Chitral District, Pakistan. It is impacting greatly upon the lives of the women. This study has taken an ethnographic perspective and has assumed that an understanding of women's schooling requires a detailed, in-depth account of women's actual…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Womens Education
Crombie, Gail; Pyke, Sandra W.; Silverthorn, Naida; Jones, Alison; Piccinin, Sergio – Journal of Higher Education, 2003
Students' perceptions of their participation and instructor behaviors were examined in the university classroom. Some support for the chilly climate construct was observed; however, gender effects were mediated by general activity level. Differences favoring males were found among students categorized as active participators. Female students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Gender Bias, Student Participation, Gender Differences
Whitmire, Ethelene – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
Using secondary data analyses, this study investigated the relationship between the campus racial climate and how 851 White and 252 students of color attending a midwestern Research I predominantly White institution perceived the academic libraries on campus. Results indicated that race-related aspects of the campus environment were correlated to…
Descriptors: African American Students, Racial Differences, Racial Composition, White Students
Gray, Jennifer B. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
Studies indicate that long held gender stereotypes lead females to a decreased self-confidence and interest in the sciences. As a result, only a minority of women pursue coursework and careers in science and technology-based fields. Several gender-based studies in science and technology education indicate that mentoring may hold great promise in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Sex Stereotypes, Educational Television, Technology Education
Little, J. Nicole; Hoskins, Marie L. – Child & Youth Services, 2004
This article explores the authors' critical reflections that arose while engaging in research with girls recovering from an eating disorder. The authors address issues related to media, consumerism, and identity construction. They emphasize that while there are no clear solutions to dilemmas facing girls in North American culture, researchers and…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, North Americans, Gender Issues
Fawole, Olufunmilayo I.; Ajuwon, Ademola J.; Osungbade, Kayode O. – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: This intervention project targeted one vulnerable group, female apprentices in Ibadan, Nigeria, to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions aimed at preventing violence against women (VAW). Design/methodology/approach: A baseline survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 350 young women recruited from…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females
Moradi, Bonnie; Subich, Linda Mezydlo – Counseling Psychologist, 2002
Data from 104 undergraduate and 83 faculty/staff women indicated that perceived sexist events, measured by the Schedule of Sexist Events Scale (SSE), along with Passive Acceptance (PA), Revelation (R), and Embeddedness-Emanation (EE) attitudes, measured by the Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS), each related positively to women's…
Descriptors: Feminism, Social Desirability, Females, Adolescents
Mehrotra, Santosh; Panchamukhi, Parthasarthi R. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2006
Private sector growth in education is the new neo-liberal mantra. Based on data generated by a representative sample survey in eight states, six of which account for two-thirds of the children out of school in India, this paper examines the private sector in elementary education in India, and compares its characteristics with government schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Private Sector, Private Schools
Ravizza, Bridget Burke; Peterson-Iyer, Karen – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2005
This paper presents a plan for the implementation of more family-friendly policies at Catholic colleges and universities, both as a matter of justice for women and on behalf of the well-being of families. It is motivated by the teachings of the Catholic social tradition that emphasize the equality and dignity of women; the importance of the dual…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Administrative Policy, Family Work Relationship, Family Life
Celikten, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
Women have long been well represented in the teaching position, yet, traditionally, there has been an inverse relationship between the number of women qualified to serve in administrative positions in the school and the rate at which women actually fill these positions (Kuh & McCarty, 1989). Although many professional fields are showing…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Males
Hunnicutt, Gwen; Broidy, Lisa M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2004
This study reconceptualizes and tests liberation and economic marginality hypotheses as complementary explanations for female offending patterns. Both explanations are relevant in explaining female crime, but need to be reframed as interacting forces not opposing theories. It is suggested that economic marginality is in part a consequence of…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Crime, Least Squares Statistics, Student Needs
McKinley, Elizabeth – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
In Aotearoa New Zealand journeys of discovery and colonization were also scientific journeys that brought "Maori woman" under the intellectual control of the emerging "scientific" academy. This paper argues that the historical construction of "Maori woman" through the discourses of Enlightenment science continues to…
Descriptors: Women Scientists, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Females
Spence, Nancy – Online Submission, 2006
Records show that school enrollment for girls is still lagging behind in some areas in the Asia and Pacific region, which poses challenge for the region to achieve Education for All (EFA) by 2015. And girls' labor in the Asia and Pacific region continues to constitute a major obstacle towards gender parity in education, another EFA target. Girls'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Educational Opportunities, Child Labor
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
Reason, Robert D.; Rankin, Susan R. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2006
Using a campus climate assessment instrument developed by Rankin (1998), we surveyed students (N = 7,347) from 10 campuses to explore the different experiences with harassment and campus climates reported by men and women. Both men and women reported experiencing harassment, although women experienced harassment at statistically significantly…
Descriptors: Females, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Gender Differences