Examined precollege data for men and women students (N=632) who successfully completed nontraditional and traditional (for women) college study. Results showed few differences between men and women in high school who subsequently graduate in the same field. Differences were shown in mechanical reasoning ability, and technical versus service…

The Attitudes toward Women Scale and the Occupational Check List were administered to 24 gifted eleventh and twelfth graders and 36 gifted ninth graders. Main effects were found for age and sex with older students and females having less traditional attitudes about careers and sex roles. (Author/DB)

Male students gave lower faculty ratings than female students, but their ratings for female faculty were high regardless of the field. Female students showed a bias against women faculty in traditional fields and for women faculty in nontraditional fields. (Author/RM)

Assessed male preschool teachers' self-perceptions, and sex-role perceptions of self and others. Male and female teachers (N=60) in preschool and high school education were administered the Bem Sex Role Inventory and a repertory grid. Results indicated preschool male and female teachers were similar in levels of androgyny. (RC)

Study investigated psychological and demographic characteristics of men in nontraditional careers like elementary education, comparing them to women in the same fields and men in engineering. Surveys indicated nontraditional career men valued relationship-oriented career components more than did men in engineering. (SM)

This monograph examines issues related specifically to male gender roles; males' self-esteem; and males' participation in the learning environment, nontraditional work, and vocational education. The social and emotional difficulties experienced by males because of society's limited definition of masculinity and strict thinking regarding the male…

To aid in setting affirmative action targets, job preferences were explored using conjoint measurement, or trade-off analysis, with a general population and an applicant sample. The technique can identify groups interested in nontraditional work and showed sharp differences in job preferences between the sexes. (Author/SJL)

Literature on female learning styles was reviewed to suggest implications for traditionally male vocational-technical education programs. The study focused on comparing and contrasting cognitive styles, a learning style dimension, between females and males. The field-dependent/independent distinction was found to be important for traditionally…

As part of a longitudinal research project to investigate attrition among female enlistees, a study was conducted to assess the differences between male and female recruits in background, occupational values, and motivation for enlistment. A sample of 1,000 men and 1,000 women was administered a questionnaire during the early weeks of recruit…

From 1969 to 1984 the value women put on status-attainment goals has increased, but the value placed on domestic-nurturant goals has not decreased. This shows an amalgamation rather than a masculinization of feminine values. The increase in women aspiring to graduate degrees was greater than for men. Implications are discussed. (VM)

Analysis of 232 elementary school children's questions posed to nontraditional workers reveals that gender schemata are important aspects of a child's thought processes. Common characteristics of their questions are identified. Boys and girls fill part of their gender schema with like kinds of information about what is gender-appropriate behavior.…

Teaching young children remains a generally female occupation in spite of some educators' encouraging men to enter the field. In order to explore the reasons for this imbalance, 10 male school teachers of young children were interviewed at length about their teaching history and plans, their satisfaction with their work, and their attitudes about…

Male (N=110) and female (N=84) undergraduate students completed a variant of the Semantic Differential questionnaire. Subjects evaluated either male or female liberal arts and engineering majors. Female engineering majors were evaluated as less attractive than their female liberal arts counterparts. (Author)

Parents' educational attainment, mothers' careers, and religious upbringing were the background variables that most strongly predict traditional/nontraditional goals and sex role attitudes as expressed in the responses of 763 students to a questionnaire. The predictive powers of the background traits differed for men and women. (Author/GC)

Three hundred ninety female freshmen who had career interests that were traditional, nontraditional, or neutral for women were compared on encouragement to pursue career goals, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, college grade-point average (GPA), persistence in original major, and persistence at the university after four semesters. In…