Nine women faculty, who are members of a global mentoring network, collaboratively designed a professional development project to explore their mentoring relationships and practices. Using a Learning Management System (LMS), they designed six modules with supplementary learning activities. Project findings highlight the need for a mentoring…

This article provides an overview of the development and implementation of Career Connections, a specialized curriculum specifically designed to address existing gender and disability barriers, in addition to increasing self-awareness and building self-confidence. The Career Connections curriculum consisted of four modules: (1) Self-awareness; (2)…

This guide, in English and Spanish, is designed to provide teachers with a scientific basis for identifying myths and distortions about men and women. A pre-test and post-test are included to measure the user's awareness of stereotypes. Object lessons address the following areas: (1) common sexual stereotypes; (2) sexual functions; (3) the…

Describes two seven-week modules offered at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, during the 1974-75 academic year. These modules examined the contemporary situation for women scientists and the lack of women in the sciences. (HM)

This guide for teachers, in English and Spanish, examines how assigned sex roles affect grade school girls in competitive sports, simple games, pastimes, and other extracurricular activities. A pre-test and post-test are included to measure the user's awareness of sexual stereotypes. Five object lessons cover the following topics: (1) myths that…

Designed to be incorporated into career exploration programs in grades 6-9, this nontraditional occupations unit is a component in the Think Nontraditional Series curriculum and is prepared in a competency-based format. The reading level is approximately seventh grade. A course introduction section contains description and purpose of the…