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Jennifer Mitton; Daniel B. Robinson; Gregory R. L. Hadley – Gender and Education, 2024
This paper focuses on the perspectives of adolescents attending a private Christian single-sex secondary school. The research literature into the impact of single-sex schooling upon learners, while plentiful, is equivocal and few scholars have delved into the views of adolescents in such contexts. To demonstrate their perspectives of single-sex…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Private Schools
Chuulu, Yvonne M.; Bweupe, Smith K.; Kalumiana, Ing'utu A.; Kasonde, Barbara M.; Musonda, Mathews – Commonwealth of Learning, 2023
During 2019-21, the Ministry of General Education in Zambia piloted an open and innovative schooling (OIS) programme. It used an e-learning model that involved developing and sharing curriculum-based open educational resources (OER) to supplement other teaching and learning processes. The resources could be accessed through both online and offline…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
Ferguson, Robert L.; Trombetta, Adriana – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Motivated by lack of diversity in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) professions, this case-study explores a group of 25 high achieving, low SES, mostly female, majority-minority high school students' perception of race, ethnicity, and gender as factors for success in their future as STEMM professionals. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High School Students, Minority Group Students, Student Attitudes
Amo-Adjei, Joshua – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2021
Providing young people and children with age and developmentally appropriate comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is important for young people in making informed decisions. There are presently few studies documenting the relationship between school grade of learning CSE and curriculum coverage. We studied this relationship using a 2015…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Children, Adolescents
Kim, Grace; Ram, Maya; Taboada, Arianna; Gere, David – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2019
Although theater-based interventions have emerged as an innovative health education platform, more research is needed to understand how these interventions work and to identify factors that make them successful and replicable in adolescent populations. This paper discusses the first research project conducted on High School Sex Squads (HSSS),…
Descriptors: Health Education, Teaching Methods, Sex Education, High School Students
Millenky, Megan; Hossain, Farhana – MDRC, 2019
PACE Center for Girls is a Florida-based nonprofit organization that serves girls of middle school and high school age who are at risk of involvement with the justice system. PACE aims to get these girls back on track by taking a gender-responsive approach, providing a blend of academic and social services that are shaped by an awareness of girls'…
Descriptors: Females, At Risk Persons, Middle School Students, High School Students
SolĂs, Patricia; Huynh, Niem Tu; Huot, Philippe; Zeballos, Marcela; Ng, Astrid; Menkiti, Nwasinachi – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2019
This article explores an experimental effort to develop a short-term informal learning experience to achieve awareness, confidence and knowledge in geography and geospatial technologies related to environmental and climate change for all participants but particularly for female secondary learners. The intervention incorporated various elements to…
Descriptors: Females, High School Students, Climate, Ecology
Kernsmith, Poco D.; Hernandez-Jozefowicz, Debra M. – Children & Schools, 2011
This study evaluates a gender-sensitive peer education program emphasizing male responsibility for decreasing rape developed through a long-standing agency and school collaborative. Sessions were led by trained male and female high school leaders. Repeated surveying revealed that at posttest and three-month follow-up, the program decreased…
Descriptors: Rape, High School Students, Crime Prevention, Peer Teaching
Watson, Lori Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Schools contribute heavily to the feelings of isolation and stigmatization that many gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth experience. Research demonstrates that the climate of US middle and high schools are generally unsupportive and unsafe for many of these youth who are often susceptible to harassment, discrimination, and other negative events,…
Descriptors: School Safety, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Kervin, Denise; Obinna, Jennifer – Journal of Family Social Work, 2010
This article describes a school-based youth-driven teen dating violence prevention project. The project objectives are to provide opportunities for students to plan presentations and activities; develop knowledge and awareness about unhealthy gender norms, seen as an important root cause of relationship violence, particularly for teenagers; and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Dating (Social), Violence, Peer Relationship
Molina-Gaudo, Pilar; Baldassarri, S.; Villarroya-Gaudo, M.; Cerezo, E. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
This paper explores both how male and female high school pupils (15-16 years old) perceive the engineering profession and their willingness to pursue a career in this area. A study was performed around a one-day outreach activity, Girls' Day, organized for the first time in Spain. During Girls' Day, students were exposed to specific activities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Family Influence, Engineering
Miyajima, Tomomi – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This study explores gender inequality in the occupational culture of Japanese high school teachers with special focus on women teachers' resistance to gender-biased practices. It examines the effectiveness of official and informal teacher training programmes in raising awareness of gender issues. Through an ethnographic case study conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Work Environment, Organizational Culture
Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2010
Education in emergencies comprises learning opportunities for all ages. It encompasses early childhood development, primary, secondary, non-formal, technical, vocational, higher and adult education. In emergency situations through to recovery, quality education provides physical, psychosocial and cognitive protection that can sustain and save…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Emergency Programs, Access to Education, Conflict
Bista, Min B.; Cosstick, Frances Elizabeth – Online Submission, 2005
Background: The Dakar Framework for Action calls on the world community to develop strategies for educating underserved groups and those children who live under difficult circumstances. To achieve this Education For All (EFA) goal, one approach is the use of boarding schools. Purpose: To document the advantages and disadvantages of how boarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Females, Rural Areas
Fay, Karen E.; Medway, Frederic J. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2006
Based on Parrot's work with college students, a six-activity acquaintance rape prevention program for first-year high school students living in a rural South Carolina community was implemented and evaluated. The program decreased students' acceptance of rape myths compared with non-participating students both on a scale developed by Burt and on…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Rape, Prevention, Dating (Social)