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Peer reviewedMishina, Satomi – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Discusses the claim that male/female speech style differences in Japanese have the function of indexing the social role of the speaker and that identifying oneself as belonging to the male or female gender has no implication of a higher or lower status in society. The interview's findings imply that students need to be informed of the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedTuettemann, Elizabeth; Punch, Keith F. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
A comprehensive investigation into psychological distress among Western Australian teachers used the General Health Questionnaire to measure nine independent variables, including five stressors and four distressors. The data showed high stress levels; stressors correlated positively with distress and distressors correlated negatively. Gender…
Descriptors: Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Role Perception
Halpern, Diane F. – 2000
This book examines the science and politics of cognitive sex differences, reflecting theories and research in the area over the past several years. Eight chapters discuss: (1) "Introduction and Overview" (e.g., theoretical approaches, values and science, and terminology); (2) "Searching for Sex Differences in Cognitive…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Ability, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTurnbull, Sue – Australian Journal of Education, 1993
A lesson on female stereotypes in advertising begins a discussion of the mass media's role in the lives of young women. It is suggested that conventional moral wisdom about media education for children does not reflect the complexity of the media's influence but is narrow and ethnocentric. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnocentrism
Peer reviewedLyman, Kathleen D.; Speizer, Jeanne J. – Harvard Educational Review, 1980
Three possible causes for the low porportion of female school administrators are examined: differences in male and female socialization, sex discrimination in hiring, and meritocracy. The authors describe two institutes designed to help women achieve higher administrative status and a research project which examines the careers and backgrounds of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Career Planning, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedEllis, Mark C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Investigates the effects of field dependence-independence, gender, previous musical experience, and general music ability on music listening. College students recorded their observations about music excerpts. Weeks later they used these observations to identify the excerpts. Multiple regression analyses examined the contributions of subject…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
Rowe, Leslie, Ed.; Sjoberg, Steve, Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of the 1981 International Women Student Conference, which disseminated information about the unique needs of international women students, are presented. Contents include the following: "The Role of the Educated Woman: Views from North Africa and the Middle East," Leila Fawaz; "The Role of Educated Women in…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Planning, College Students, Developing Nations
