Proposes the secondary drama classroom is a powerful arena for exploring the politics of gender. Suggests that a policy for Equal Opportunity which takes a purely binary perspective of sexual identity, focusing on the boy/girl dichotomy, is fundamentally oppressive. Concludes that it is only by making cultural issues of oppression explicit and…

Discusses the importance of using picture books to encourage development of gender role equity. Provides guidelines for selection of children's literature with capable female characters. Includes examples from recently published picture books. Presents discussion questions that teachers might use to help students focus on female character…

This handbook presents ideas to prepare for, plan, design, and run a workshop on gender and women's oppression. It is intended for community, adult, and popular educators, trainers, organizers, facilitators, or teachers working for a liberated South Africa. Section 1 (chapters 1-3) helps the reader to think about women's oppression and gender,…

Research on depression among gifted adolescent females is reviewed. A psychotherapeutic model drawing on established feminist therapy strategies is presented for counselors working with gifted adolescent females. The model emphasizes recognizing harmful effects of patriarchal society, supporting females in self-exploration, and pursuing nonsexist…

This booklet, designed to sensitize people to important issues that are a result of sex role stereotyping, advocates more flexible sex roles which are appropriate to the situation. Traditional and new views of the psychology of sex roles are contrasted, and sex role stereotyping is discussed. Implications of the women's liberation movement for…

Describes a female composition instructor's experiences in a computerized classroom. Notes that the nontraditional nature of the classroom allowed the instructor to avoid identification with the stereotype of the schoolmarm. Argues that, as the computerized approach promotes student freedom, female teachers must assert their authority in ways that…

This handbook is intended to help instructors and administrators increase enrollments of females in nontraditional vocational training programs and thereby foster sex equity in society. Information is provided that is designed to address the following objectives: increasing nontraditional enrollment, facilitating positive educational experiences…

The formation of self-concept is seriously affected by both oral and written language; language also affects the ways people think about others. Young children in particular have not yet learned the abstract concept of the generic "he" and when a judge, author, or principal is referred to as "he", the child is subtly conditioned against the idea…

Staff members working in early childhood services have enormous potential to influence young children's developing attitudes toward cultural diversity and gender equity. This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series focuses on how early childhood staff can work productively through the challenges of achieving…

Investigates fate of issue of gender in eight reform reports currently dominating discourse on educational reform. Found that gender is not relevant category in the analysis of excellence in schools and that the past decade of legislation, new scholarship on women, research, and action for sex equity has gone unheeded. Concludes that goal of…

Gender, race, and class issues in education raise questions about social policy and curricular design. Pluralism helps people understand difference and sameness, offering feminism ways to connect desired curricular changes with changes occurring because of their forces. Women's studies breaks down barriers constraining academic subjects, creating…

It is vital that teachers recognize the sexist structure of the field of teacher education and public school education so that they can be agents of change, rather than tools for reproducing the same system generation after generation. This book is intended for teacher educators to use in their undergraduate and graduate classes, offering…

Three questions are addressed in this document: (1) How have women been treated in social studies textbooks and curricula? (2) What are some strategies for including women in social studies? (3) What resources are recommended for teachers and students? Textbook studies of the 1970s revealed limited coverage of women in the social studies, and the…

These lesson plans for high school students were developed to accompany the documentary film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes which tells the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and their lifelong fight for women's rights. In the lessons students write editorials about women's rights around the world today, interview senior citizens…

This awareness-raising module on women at midlife and older ages in cross-cultural perspective is intended for discussion groups, workshops, and college courses on women's lives in different societies. Based on empowerment workshops in Acapulco, Mexico, and the District of Columbia, in which women from a wide range of social classes and…