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Kevin Michael Smaldone – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the issue of gender stratification within engineering and other STEM-related fields. The dissertation is divided into three articles that address different aspects of the problem and propose potential solutions. Article 1 explores the persistent gender imbalance within STEM fields, particularly in engineering and…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Gender Issues, Engineering, Computer Science
Maher, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation explores four of my kindergartners' understandings of gender across one academic year with an in-depth study of responses to a series of picture book read alouds including Cinderella variants. Critical literacy offered opportunities for these young students to critique inequities within social practices (Au & Raphael, 2000;…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Picture Books, Reading Aloud to Others, Fairy Tales