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Gryvkova, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
Introduction of gender-specific approaches in education is a new step in the development of pedagogical anthropology. Pedagogy as a fundamental complex discipline, which is based on the latest achievements of knowledge about a human, cannot stand aside the transformational modifications of the societies and cannot help responding to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Womens Studies, Program Implementation
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Colley, Lauren – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2019
There are multiple benefits to women's history, including identifying women's experiences as historically significant and recognizing the variety of perspectives of historical actors. Engaging students with resources on women's history requires teachers to be prepared to deal with students' misconceptions and feelings about gender and feminism.…
Descriptors: Females, History, Feminism, Gender Issues
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Metcalfe, Sarah – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Participation in sport and Physical Education (PE) has historically been heavily gendered, and the glorification of masculinity and sporting prowess is viewed as a potentially negative influence on participation for both males and females. This paper explores male and female experiences of sport and PE to grasp how the field of physical culture…
Descriptors: Athletics, Physical Education, Gender Differences, Cultural Influences
Yildirim, Nuray – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the managerial and cultural values adopted by managers working in universities and whether these values differ according to gender, age, professional experience, managerial experience, and their faculties. This study was conducted as a survey. The participants of this study were composed of 100 deans,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
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Matar, Nayla; Portes, Cristel; Lancia, Leonardo; Legou, Thierry; Baider, Fabienne – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose Women with Reinke's edema (RW) report being mistaken for men during telephone conversations. For this reason, their masculine-sounding voices are interesting for the study of gender stereotypes. The study's objective is to verify their complaint and to understand the cues used in gender identification. Method Using a self-evaluation study,…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Acoustics, Foreign Countries
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Teo, Timothy; Huang, Fang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
This study used the technology acceptance model to examine the influence of individually espoused cultural values on teachers' intentions to use technology in Chinese universities. To address the limitations of model parsimony, the lack of studies in developing countries and the cultural biases in the technology acceptance literature, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Van Houtte, Mieke; Vervaet, Roselien; Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin; Stevens, Peter A.J. – Gender and Education, 2019
This study examines whether secondary schools' gender composition and levels of laddish attitudes influence the degree of ethnic prejudice among Flemish pupils. We hypothesize that in addition to pupil-level predictors of prejudice, the school's gender composition and its laddish culture play roles in pupils' attitudes toward ethnic minorities. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, Ethnic Groups
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Farrugia, Adrian – Gender and Education, 2017
This study explores the role of gender in the constitution youth alcohol and other drug consumption in Australian drug education curriculum. Drawn from an analysis of contemporary classroom drug education documents, it is argued that current drug education reproduces unethical and harmful accounts of femininity and masculinity. These enactments of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Drug Education, Alcohol Education
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Goldstein, Susan B. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
As evidence builds for straight allies' contributions to battling sexual prejudice, barriers to assuming this role must be identified and dismantled. This study investigated stigma and stigma by association in perceptions of straight allies in a college population. Adjective rating items were completed by 505 participants who identified as…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Moosa, Shaaista; Bhana, Deevia – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
This article focuses on how male and female primary school teachers' account of the suitability of male teachers in early years or Foundation Phase (FP) of schooling. We draw from an in-depth qualitative interview-based study to examine how ideals around hegemonic masculinity have effects for the characterization of FP within traditional feminine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Young Children
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Fitzgerald, Tanya – Education Sciences, 2018
In this article, I argue that women in senior leadership positions in universities continue to face a number of tensions and ambiguities in their everyday working lives. Drawing on the metaphors of 'looking good' and 'being good', I highlight the gendered assumptions that senior women encounter. As senior leaders, women are simultaneously required…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Femininity, Clothing, Physical Characteristics
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Leraas, Bethany C.; Kippen, Nicole R.; Larson, Susan J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Active class participation has been associated with student engagement and can be an important aspect of a successful learning experience in college classrooms. Several factors influence student participation including classroom dynamics (such as classroom connectedness, instructor-student rapport) and individual characteristics (such as…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Student Participation, Classroom Environment, Student Characteristics
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Bhana, Deevia; Pillay, Janet – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: In South Africa, Black African women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are especially vulnerable to HIV. The heterosexual transmission of the disease is exacerbated by social and cultural conditions that perpetuate gender relations of inequality. Problematic conceptualisations of femininity increase sexual risk. The objective of this…
Descriptors: Females, Sexuality, Gender Issues, Femininity
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Bayeck, Rebecca Yvonne; Choi, Jinhee – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
This paper discusses the influence of cultural dimensions on Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introductory videos. The study examined the introductory videos produced by three universities on Coursera platforms using communication theory and Hofstede's cultural dimensions. The results show that introductory videos in MOOCs are influenced by the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
Gast, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2018
White, middle-class women make up the majority of public school teachers in the United States of America while the student population is diversifying rapidly (Taie & Goldring, 2017). The need for these educators to cultivate a critical consciousness is high if our education system is to be equitable for all students (Winans, 2012). This study…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Whites, Middle Class, Reflective Teaching
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