This article consists of four sections. The first presents starter activities in career awareness for elementary students. Sections two and three, addressed to teachers, discuss sex stereotyping in careers and career education for the handicapped. The final section describes a fifth-grade community study project which produced a local guidebook.…

A brief description of the notion of patriarchy and the feminization of teaching precedes a discussion of a core of central issues that profeminist male elementary school teachers are likely to confront, involving male privilege and domination, the teacher-child relationship, advocate versus technician roles, collegialism, and the…

Boys may see a connection between what they learn in physical education and their adult lives, however, girls experience a curriculum designed for boys and see no continuity between the skills inherent in this curriculum and themselves as adult women. Gender equity in physical education is discussed. (JD)

Analyzes interscholastic athletic programs in Connecticut's high schools using data from a survey of 67 athletic directors across the state and six in-depth studies of high schools. Findings show that many hurdles to gender equity in high school athletics have been reduced, but many serious infractions still occur. (SLD)

Summarizes recent legislation and court decisions affecting the discretion of local school districts to determine school curriculum and argues that such legal constraints will increasingly reduce local control over the school program. (JG)

True equality for professional women in vocational education (or any other profession) can take place only when the self-concepts of professional males are modified with respect to their relationships with professional women. (Author)

Discusses three principal areas in multiethnicity as it relates to blacks: self-concept of blacks; inclusion of blacks in textbooks and curriculum resource materials; and, prospects for the future. (Author)

Discusses several steps necessary to obtaining equal educational opportunities. These include placing better teaching staffs in urban schools, providing extensive field work for student teachers interested in teaching minority children, reevaluating the current curriculum for occurrences of racism and devising extracurricular activities for…

A survey of an equal number of male and female students in the University of Houston's secondary school physical education course articulates prospective teacher concerns regarding the implementation of the nondiscriminatory principles set forth in the Title IX ruling. In general, male students evidence greater overall concern about the ruling's…

This article traces the history of sexism in American education and addresses some of the arguments used to explain or defend sexism. (HMV)

Describes a course offered at Georgia State University on counseling women. Not only did it examine the options facing women today but also focused on counselors' own sex biases in counseling women. (HMV)

A historical view of changes in participation of women in mathematics education shows that more females are enrolled in mathematics and science courses now than 10 years ago. Cultural attitudes appear to be changing but still have influence. A current problem lies in computer education, which is now dominated by men. (DF)

Traditionally, the term "gender equity" is associated with equalizing the playing field for girls. However, gender equity by definition applies to both genders. This digest states that, in the best possible scenario, gender equitable education provides equal opportunities and enables each student to reach his or her potential, reducing the gender…

The authors discuss what it means to be a boy growing up in our society. They examine ways of responding to boys more meaningfully and explore what they consider are better messages for boys; for example, boys should be taught that negotiating and discussing are as appropriate means of protecting their rights as is fighting. (EK)