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Direct linkLangenhoff, Antonia F.; Engelmann, Jan M.; Srinivasan, Mahesh – Child Development, 2023
Two preregistered experiments (N = 218) investigated children's developing ability to respond reasonably to disagreement. U.S. children aged 4-9, and adults (50% female, mostly white) formed an initial belief, and were confronted with the belief of a disagreeing other, whose evidence was weaker, stronger than, or equal to participants' evidence.…
Descriptors: Children, Beliefs, Adults, Females
Riuko Mori; Natsu Iwaki; Koki Arai – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2025
This study quantifies the effectiveness of the leadership development program (LDP) in women's colleges presented by Iwaki et al. (2021), namely that leadership is to influence others to produce results, is acquired, and can be exercised and developed by anyone. In the model, the transformation in the 'motivation' aspect leads to the 'behavior',…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Womens Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Kenesha Johnson – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to address weight-based bullying as a persistent issue among adolescents. Fat phobia, rooted in societal biases against overweight individuals, leads to social exclusion and discrimination, negatively impacting mental health and equality. Educational settings suffer from the profound effects of fat phobia, creating a toxic…
Descriptors: Bullying, Obesity, Fear, Social Influences
Emily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Seema Jain – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The research on the religious experience of international students is limited. This study explored international undergraduate female students' narratives on the importance of religion and spirituality in their international sojourn. Using a narrative case study, I interviewed six students (three Christian and three Hindu students) to discuss the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Spiritual Development
Download full textPearlman, Brian; Sasso, Pietro A.; Smith, Hollie; Pulliam, Morgan – Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 2023
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities promote leadership development and student learning as membership benefits. However, many women may not gain these experiences if they are not selected or placed on the leadership slate to be collectively voted into an executive position because the emphasis is on positional development. There is…
Descriptors: Sororities, Leadership Training, Student Leadership, College Students
Janise S. Parker; Alexa Austin; Kamonta Heidelburg; Yi-Yun Minnie Tsai – Communique, 2024
Imposter syndrome can lead to feelings of self-doubt, fear of failure, overpreparation, procrastination, and guilt about subsequent success. Because imposter syndrome is linked to structural inequities, women of color (WOC) may be particularly impacted by feelings of imposter syndrome due to encounters with racism, sexism, and gender…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Females, Blacks, Fear of Success
Acari, Sevgi; Sivrikaya, Omer – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2022
It is known that pregnancy is essential in the contribution of exercise to human health and the formation of healthy societies. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in the research. The attitudes of pregnant women towards exercise before and during pregnancy and the factors affecting these attitudes were…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Exercise, Females, Attitudes
Janet Warden – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study is to address the lack of women in the superintendency. Many women educational leaders often do not seek promotional positions that lead to the superintendency due to self-imposed barriers and perceived leadership competencies. Only 27% of women hold the position of superintendency in New York. Women of color are more…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Disproportionate Representation, Superintendents
Mohammadzadeh, Afsaneh; Alavinia, Parviz – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2021
Tasks have been given an ever-increasing attention on the part of researchers in the recent decades, particularly in relation to second language acquisition research. A highly influential factor in task performance, motivation, seems to have been neglected by educational researchers, and this negligence toward the role of motivation gets more…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Inggs, Judith – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Female characters in many African folktales are often perceived as voiceless and peripheral, playing the role of passive advisors and nurturers in contrast to the physically stronger and more active male characters. Some African scholars have disagreed with this perception, asserting that the female characters are stronger than their male…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Folk Culture, African Culture, Story Telling
Aydin, Ganime; Saribas, Deniz – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2023
The aim of this research is to investigate the development of preschool education pre-service teachers' (PST) understanding and evaluation of a socio-scientific topic, namely food additives by using debate as a teaching technique. Qualitative research was designed in a case study model with purposeful sampling in which sixty PST attended Mother…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Robinson, Jennifer M.; Aldridge, Jill M. – Learning Environments Research, 2022
Girls' attitudes towards mathematics can impact their achievement and career choices in STEM fields. Can the introduction of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in mathematics classes generate positive associations between girls' perceptions of the learning environment and their attitudes towards mathematics? Based in the United Arab Emirates, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
Tyler Clark; Hasan Akdeniz; Julia Link Roberts; Lynette Breedlove – Gifted Education International, 2024
This study explored factors impacting the decision for gifted females to pursue a career in computer science. The study used a phenomenological approach to delve into the experiences of ten gifted alumnae of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science (Gatton), a residential STEM program, aiming to reveal nuanced insights into factors shaping…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Interests, Career Choice, STEM Careers
Gunning, Jacqueline N.; Cooke-Jackson, Angela; Rubinsky, Valerie – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2020
Early messages about reproductive and sexual health influence personal identities, health behaviors, and ongoing perceptions of sex and sexuality. Women are often socialized with negatively-valenced messages toward understanding their reproductive and sexual health. However, scholarship emphasizes a communicative approach for socializing intimate…
Descriptors: Females, Sex Education, Sexuality, Health Behavior
