Designed to eliminate sex bias in occupational education, a strategic model for change in the educational system and an inservice program to implement the model were developed by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Over 1700 teachers, representing 74 of North Carolina's 148 local education agencies, participated in the inservice…

This curriculum sourcebook is designed as a guide for educators of limited-English-speaking adults in literacy education programs. It consists of accounts of actual learning and teaching experiences using a participatory approach to instruction and curriculum development, written by teachers in community-based adult education. An introductory…

This annotated bibliography lists 49 resources for ensuring high quality school-to-work opportunities for young women. These resources are grouped into 10 categories: print material for middle and high school girls; videos for middle and high school girls; administrator/school guides; curriculum guides/resources for teachers; resources for…

This guide provides a systems approach to increasing the numbers of women in apprenticeships and skilled blue collar jobs. Its components form the Apprenticeship and Blue Collar (ABC) System. This system was developed from the experiences of hundreds of employment and training professionals and from several targeted outreach programs currently…

This book is designed to help educators design and plan curriculum on women's studies. It focuses on the curriculum changes needed to eliminate sex role stereotypes and presents a new model for achieving psychological androgyny--a climate in which men and women will be able to develop freely without the inhibitions and constraints of sex roles.…

The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…

This publication contains bibliographic data and abstracts of over 350 documents and journal articles on sex equity, bias, and stereotyping reduction that may be found in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. The document is divided into 16 chapters as follows: equal education and sex stereotypes, equal education and sex…

Developed by a committee of vocational education teachers, the activities in this guide are intended to help instructors to teach students the attitudes, characteristics, and knowledge that will enable them to use their vocational education skills in the most effective way. They also are designed to help students overcome sex stereotypes and form…

Intended to chronicle the still-emerging concept of career education, this monograph contains 10 papers prepared during the 1979-80 academic year. In the first paper career education is discussed in terms of its role in developing employability/adaptability/promotability skills. The strong emphasis in 1979-80 on making career education a community…

Findings from the 1992 Generation survey carried out by Creq in 1997 among young people exiting the French school system indicates that work-related disparities encountered by young labor market entrants in France can be characterized according to the worker's gender. Obstacles facing women include the following: (1) risk of unemployment or…