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Informal Science Learning Experiences for Gender Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in STEM through a Feminist Intersectional Lens
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Reznik, Gabriela; Massarani, Luisa; Calabrese Barton, Angela – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2023
In this paper, the authors seek to analyze the perceptions, motivations and experiences of young women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education projects aiming to incentivize gender equity, based on the theoretical framework of feminist studies on science and intersectionality, as well as academic literature on equity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Gender Differences, STEM Education
Catalyst: Expanding Harm-Reduction Education and Youth Participation in the Context of the War on Drugs
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Di Castri, Theo – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2020
Catalyst is a year-long, bilingual (English/Spanish) fellowship program for high school students and their teachers who live in communities affected by the war on drugs (WoD) that is being waged across the Americas. This educational effort is a response to the social suffering caused by the WoD. Catalyst is working to forge transnational networks…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Drug Abuse, Social Change
Women and Education: Normalization and Professionalization
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Nicolete, Jamilly Nicácio; Almeida, Jane Soares de – Policy Futures in Education, 2018
In this article, in a historical perspective, the authors discuss the symbolization of the female figure in the social imaginary in relation to a teaching career, based on the practices of teacher training, professionalization and co-education,. Since colonial times, the education of females in Brazil has always been permeated with expectations…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Gender Differences, Sex Role
The Factors and Conditions for National Human Resource Development in Brazil
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Sparkman, Torrence E. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors and conditions that influence national human resource development (NHRD) in Brazil. In this paper, the transitioning nature of the political, economic, social and educational conditions; the current challenges and trends that may impact NHRD; and the current status of NHRD research in…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality around the World
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Attewell, Paul, Ed.; Newman, Katherine S., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary, secondary, and higher education in many nations around the world. Educational expansion is desirable for a country's economy, beneficial for educated individuals themselves, and is also a strategy for greater social harmony. But has greater access to education reduced or…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Brazilian Adolescents' Conceptions of Autonomy and Parental Authority
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Milnitsky-Sapiro, Clary; Turiel, Elliot; Nucci, Larry – Cognitive Development, 2006
Thirty-two middle class and 32 lower class southern Brazilian pre-adolescent (M=12.8 years) and adolescent (M=15.7 years) participants were individually interviewed regarding their perceptions of who (adolescent or parent) should determine the adolescent's actions in cases where the parents and adolescent disagree over the action choice.…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Adolescents, Privacy, Parent Child Relationship