The training program described consists of 13 modules designed to meet the following objectives: (1) to create an awareness, in preservice and inservice education, of the extent and consequences of sex-role stereotyping at all levels of the educational system; (2) to create an understanding among educators of the ways in which stereotypes limit…

Based in the belief that many preschool programs have an orientation toward a developmental philosophy yet are not developmentally appropriate in program practices, this discussion contrasts developmentally and psychometrically oriented approaches, reviews literature on program design and children's needs, and provides guidelines in the areas of…