This article focuses on gender equality as one of the most relevant objectives of the educational system to alleviate gender violence and combat stereotypes. At the same time, ICTs have become a very important educational tool in a digital society like the one where we live. Around these two topics we conducted this research whose purpose is, from…

For more than two decades, there has been a concerted effort in Albuquerque Public School District (APS) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA to educate adults about LGBTQ students and the need for advocacy so that these students have the same access to education as other students in a safe and respectful environment. Populations within the district…

"The Global Framework on Transferable Skills" has been developed to support UNICEF in delivering on the results of its "Strategic Plan 2018-2021" and "Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030," and provides a shared vision of work on skills development across UNICEF. The Framework guides UNICEF country…

Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…

Describes a short course on sex-role stereotyping in which students were allowed to discover for themselves the myths regarding sex stereotypes. (Author/HMV)

This paper describes a project to increase staff and student awareness of sex-role stereotyping and to decrease sexist practices of students and teachers. Workshops were held in one school as a pilot for the project and subsequently in seven other rather typical elementary schools in the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District. Prior to the…

The 1982-83 Team Building/Building Teams Project, developed by the Washington State Sex Equity in Education Program staff, is described in this report. The focus of the project is described as district team-building with building level implementation of the district's identified needs in attaining sex equity in education. Project summaries are…

This overview of funding available for women's equity from federal sources reflects the decreasing governmental support for equal education programs. Major attention is given to federal support of research and development activities, and suggestions are offered on general strategies for obtaining such funds related to sex equity in education. Some…

This document reports the findings of a study undertaken to gather information about successful project approaches to the reduction of sex-role stereotyping in career education, K-12. (The study included for review all of the projects aimed at reducing sex-role stereotyping in career education which were directly funded by the Office of Career…

This article is a chronological summary of a three-day workshop conducted by the authors on combating sexism in schools. (Author)

Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…

This report describes a training program designed to increase educators' awareness of sex bias and its consequences in education. A major objective of the program is to suggest strategies for increasing educational opportunities for girls and women. The training program was part of a two-year project undertaken by seven state education agencies…

Historical perspectives of sex stereotyping in career guidance are presented as the rationale for the National Institute of Education (NIE) Project dealing with sex discrimination in career interest measurement. Project description, outcomes, impact, and implications for the future are presented. (HLM)

Sweden is in the forefront of current efforts to restructure sex roles in order to free its citizens of the social constraints that limit both sexes. Author describes a new sex role project developed by the Swedish Board of Education and based on the principle that preparation for the parental role is equally important for both boys and girls.…

The lack of female representation in administration is a hindering factor for the nation as it attempts to achieve excellence in schools. The current inequality is a product of historical and societal patterns in the field of education that have determined the constraints women have faced and continue to face when entering school administration.…