Concentrates on the father figures in Anthony Browne's books and on the ways in which gender ideologies are encoded in works dealing with family relationships, concentrating on "Zoo" and "The Big Baby," but also looking at "Gorilla" and "Piggybook." Finds that the diversity of Browne's work provides children…

More than a decade after the provocative writings of French feminist writers Julie Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, and Monique Wittig first appeared, the exploration of sexual and gender differences continues to draw controversy. Their work has been considered mostly in regard to literature, philosophy, and feminist theory, but their…

Reexamines the assumptions and conclusions of "The Velvet Ghetto" data and other gender-related research on public relations salaries, roles, and status, in an attempt to identify counter-arguments or attempts to change the issue with respect to gender. Suggests how to examine the counter-arguments qualitatively and quantitatively. (MS)

Examines cross-culturally the assertion that women have a special relationship with the environment and are more motivated than men to work for environmental sustainability. Explores the discourse on ecofeminism and evaluates alternative explanations of gender differences in environmental awareness. (CMK)

Gender emerged as a discrete topic in "Educational Management & Administration" only after 1980; the first major call for serious treatment occurred in 1988. An understanding of gender's effects on school, college, and home life is crucial. Making gender figure rather than ground in school leadership studies contributes to a more…

Investigates the practice of critical literacy through asynchronous computer networking as students in a school-college collaboration examined assumptions relating to gender issues. Finds the medium proved to be an apt environment--students named experiences relating to gender issues that touched their lives, and students felt free to share ideas…

The growing gender gap between the educational attainment of black women and black men presents a serious problem with no solution in sight. The growing difference is likely to erode the relative earning power of black men and undermine their status in the black family. (SLD)

Questions the relationship between mathematics and gender issues by focusing on Australia. Emphasizes the research, governmental policies, teaching, and attitudes related to this issue in Australia. (Author/ASK)

Explores whether evolved disposition that differs by sex or social structure explains sex differences in human behavior. Illustrates the explanatory power of each theory, and reviews a study (D. Buss, 1989) that supports the social structural theory with respect to mate preference. (SLD)

A case study questioned essentialist feminist assumptions about the marginalization of females in technical writing courses. A student team composed of a female (Jane, the team leader) and three males enrolled in an advanced writing course required of juniors and seniors majoring in the applied sciences to investigate solutions to the student…

This book suggests that Title IX of the Education Amendments is not creating more female athletes but instead eliminating some of the most prestigious men's sports programs in the name of gender equity. It shows how Title IX has affected every aspect of education, from kindergarten through graduate school, making profound changes in areas as…

Explores how tendencies to dichotomize women's and men's behavior according to expected roles, and modes of researching gendered communication, have led to linking and privileging men's modes of communication in the professional arena and women's modes of communication in intimate relationships. Discusses challenges and responsibilities…

Many school systems are facing mandated, systemic change, through the imposition of standards-based reform. Ontario (Canada) is no different than many other jurisdictions. Mandated, systemic change has impacted teaching and learning in Ontario classrooms. The issue of boys' underachievement in literacy appears to resurface whenever student…

After two years of a three-year evaluation of a violence-prevention program implemented in two elementary schools with 203 students, it appears that the program may produce a decline in conflict. However, its effects are less apparent for female students, whose conflict behaviors are less overt. (SLD)

Examines an often-overlooked issues of gender equity--the importance of fathers in the development of their children. Highlights include: the lack of male presence in many children's lives; benefit of involvement for children and fathers; timeliness for supporting fathering; and a partnership between libraries, literature, and fathering. (AEF)