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Where Are We?: The Place of Women in History Curricula
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Pearson, Joanne – Teaching History, 2012
Joanne Pearson reflects on her experiences as a history teacher and teacher educator, considering the ways in which she has seen women represented in the history curricula of different schools in England. She makes the case that greater attention needs to be paid by history teachers to the criteria against which they make decisions about the…
Descriptors: Females, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
Practicing Politics: Female Political Scientists as Candidates for Elective Office
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Burrell, Barbara – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2012
In 2007, University of Oklahoma political science professor Cindy Simon Rosenthal was elected mayor of Norman, Oklahoma, after having served as a member of its city council. Was her activity unique within the political science profession among female political scientists? Her election stimulated the curiosity of some of us in the…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Political Candidates, Political Science, Womens Studies
Race, Gender, and Equity Policy: The Case of the National Institute of Education.
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Mattingly, Paul; Tobias, Marilyn – History of Education Quarterly, 1999
Focuses on the National Institute of Education (NIE), created in 1972, and explains the historical development of its equity policy. States that the experience of NIE's Program to Increase Participation of Minorities and Women in Educational Research and Development contained important parallels to the fate of equity in U.S. society. (CMK)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational History, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Home and Family Life Education Program Analysis. Final Report.
Riggers, Marcia L. – 1985
A study examined the home and family life courses provided in secondary schools throughout the state of Washington. Course offerings and student enrollment figures were analyzed. Survey instruments were mailed to the home and family life teachers in each of the secondary schools in Washington. A computer analysis of the data reported from 143…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Trends, Elective Courses, Enrollment Rate
Equal Opportunities for Girls and Boys. Recommendations of the European Conference (Malta, November 1979).
World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Morges (Switzerland). – 1979
European member organizations of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) held their annual conference in Malta in November 1979. The importance of an industrial committee of teachers to serve as the advisory body of the European Trade Union Confederation was emphasized. A resolution was adopted to strengthen…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Federal Legislation and System Change: The Responsiveness of Consumer and Homemaking Education to the Education Amendments of 1976. Final Report.
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Drew, Jenifer D.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the extent to which federal policies, as defined in the Education Amendments of 1976, have affected the content and objectives of Consumer and Homemaking Education (C&HE) programs. The study was conducted during 1978 through 1981 in 10 states. More than 500 federal, state, and local educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Consumer Education, Educational Change