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Richardson, Elaine – Gender and Education, 2009
Hegemonic discourses authorise certain ways of being, knowing, and doing. We internalise or appropriate images, patterns, and words from the social activities in which we have participated. Race, gender, sexuality, age, education, class are among aspects of identity (social constructions) that affect our language and literacy acquisition, the way…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Ideology, Sexuality
Tracy, Paul E.; Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly; Abramoske-James, Stephanie – Crime & Delinquency, 2009
This article traces the historical coverage of the gender issue in the criminological literature. It also provides contemporary empirical evidence about differences and similarities between girls and boys with respect to juvenile crime and to processing by the juvenile justice system, by analyzing several national juvenile crime data series, all…
Descriptors: Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Justice, Gender Issues, Gender Differences
Christopher, Andrew N.; Mull, Melinda S. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2006
To assess the relationship between different facets of conservative ideology and ambivalent sexism, 246 residents of two towns in southern Michigan completed a social dominance orientation scale (SDO), a right-wing authoritarianism scale (RWA), a Protestant work ethic scale (PWE), and the Glick and Fiske (1996) Ambivalent Sexism Inventory via a…
Descriptors: Ideology, Gender Bias, Measures (Individuals), Correlation
Arnot, Madeleine – International Review of Education, 2006
Drawing on Ulrich Beck's theory of "freedom's children," the present contribution examines contemporary concerns about educating young people "for" citizenship as well as educating them "about" citizenship. Under the first theme, the author focuses on the "citizen as learner," highlighting some of the gender- and class-related inequalities that…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Gender Bias
Wang, Xiaojun Grace – Online Submission, 2010
The world has a mixed record towards achieving EFA [Education for All] and the MDGs [Millennium Development Goals] in relation to the targets on gender equity in basic education. For researchers and practitioners, this raises the question of which factors influence the processes leading to the improvement of access and quality of girls' education…
Descriptors: Females, Figurative Language, Cultural Awareness, Interaction
Onochie, Okeke Chinedu Ifedi – Online Submission, 2010
The females' relatively low participation in higher education is discussed within the Nigerian society in a way that such issues are discursively placed in often contradictory, as well as extremely complicated contexts. Dominant discussions draw on the interplay between gender and students' performance across subjects, as well as on the influences…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Cocchiara, Faye K.; Kwesiga, Eileen; Bell, Myrtle P.; Baruch, Yehuda – Career Development International, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of US MBA and specialist master's degree alumni to determine the influence that their degree program experiences had on subsequent perceptions of career success. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 318 alumni MBA and specialist master's degree recipients from a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Graduate Students, Job Satisfaction, College Graduates
Rohatynskyj, Marta; Davidson, Valerie; Stiver, Warren; Hayward, Maren – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
Low rates of women's enrolment in engineering programs has been identified as a global problem within the general concern to enable women to attain parity in education in all areas. A Western women in engineering meta-narrative is identified which contains a complex of obstacles that typify the situation of Western women. The question is asked…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Gender Bias
Smith, William G. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between online survey non-response and various demographic factors, including gender. Studies have shown that trends exist with regard to who responds to surveys, at least with regard to traditional modes of survey administration. Reports suggest that many demographic and other correlates…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Statistical Analysis, Sampling, Internet
Vandenbroeck, Michel; Peeters, Jan – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
Since many decades, scholars in the field of early childhood education deplore the gender segregation in the caring professions. Research and experiments so far show that it may take decades of multiple actions to overcome the gender divide in the caring workforce. However, research that includes the voices of men in child care is rather recent,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Males, Child Care, Disproportionate Representation
Brandell, Gerd; Staberg, Else-Marie – Gender and Education, 2008
The aim of the current study is to investigate whether Swedish secondary school students perceive mathematics as a female, male or gender-neutral domain. A sample of 1300 students in two age groups, 15- and 17- years, answered a questionnaire and about 50 students participated in interviews. The main part of the inquiry form consists of "Who…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Mathematics, Gender Issues
Mahalingam, Ramaswami; Balan, Sundari – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
We examined whether endorsing hyper-masculine attitudes positively related to the psychological well-being of adolescent boys (N=233) in an extreme son preference community, in Tamilnadu, India. A survey with masculinity and measures of psychological well-being was administered. We predicted that endorsement of masculinity would positively relate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology)
Gorski, Paul – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
One of the relative failures of much of the multicultural education literature is the failure to connect educational inequities with larger sociopolitical conditions. Too often everyone falls into the trap of discussing educational sexism, for instance, as if it is disconnected from global abuses of women's rights. Perhaps nowhere is this…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Privatization, Poverty, Federal Legislation
Timmerman, Greetje; Schreuder, Pauline – Gender and Education, 2008
In the Netherlands, moral panic about boys' education and behavioural problems has led to public concern about the almost exclusively female environment in which young boys in daycare find themselves. Female daycare workers are attacked for creating a feminized culture in daycare centres. In this article we explore the extent to which these media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Vocational Education, Males
Online Submission, 2009
This Policy Brief describes and explains patterns of access to schools in India. It outlines policy and legislation on access to education and provides an analysis of access, vulnerability and exclusion. The quantitative data is supported by a review of research which explains the patterns of access and exclusion. It is based on findings from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education, Social Bias