Analyzes the impact of parental influence on gender role development and suggests that an androgynous gender role orientation may be more beneficial to children than a strict adherence to traditional gender roles. Families with one or more androgynous parents typically score highest on measures of parental warmth and support. (RJM)

Introduces the special issue on teaching about gender and ethnicity in psychology, reviewing empirical studies of the inclusiveness of curricula, and presenting an overview of the six other articles in the issue. Themes include the complexity of the interaction between gender and ethnicity. (SLD)

Describes developments in feminist analyses of the role of education in creating "inclusive" democratic citizenship. Outlines four feminist perspectives that offer opportunities to reflect critically on the past and continuing struggle of women for equality, and suggests the complex issues that face programs for citizenship education in the next…

Interviewed key stakeholders and observed classes at California single sex schools to investigate how context mediated policy. As educators responded to California's single sex academic legislation, they designed schools and used resources to address each community's needs. Actions and idealogies of individuals in each setting (classroom, school,…

Investigated gendered dimensions of parental involvement in charter schools, analyzing how parent-teacher interactions were reframed in the context of school choice. Overall, in a context where parents must both produce and consume new educational programs, parents involved in ongoing charter schools may be seen as stepping out of their roles as…

Discusses gendered communication in computer-mediated conferences within college education classes, maintaining that attempts to create democratic classrooms are undermined by conventional gender-marked dynamics of interpersonal dialogue, but those dynamics show potential for being transformed in positive ways when the dialogue moves to virtual…

Compares two accredited marriage and family therapy programs: one includes a separate course on gender, and the other integrates gender through the curriculum. Results indicate that students from the integrated program view their peers as incorporating gender ideas in therapy to a significantly greater extent. Students from the program that has a…

Describes two studies at the University of Helsinki (Finland) that explored the existence of gender differences in spontaneous study strategies use while learning from texts. Discusses results that showed no differences in text comprehension, and concludes that different study strategies more than gender issues differentiated the learning…

Reports the results of the 1999 survey of library schools that investigated salaries and job placement. Highlights include status of graduates; average starting salaries; discrepancies between salaries of men and women; and views of graduates regarding the placement process and their library school preparation. (LRW)

Describes a suburban Pennsylvania school district's efforts to develop a coordinated educational campaign about sexual harassment. Administrators awakened a cautious school board; applied for and received a Goals 2000 grant; trained staff; enlightened students, using age-appropriate materials; and motivated the community to participate. (MLH)

Examined whether males attend more to numerical information than females if it were presented in a male-related or gender-neutral context, and whether females would attend more to numerical information if presented in a female-related context. Research involving 162 undergraduates support this hypothesis. Implications concerning gender-linkage of…

Discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which sets the minimum wage and standards for overtime pay and child labor, as well as prohibiting unequal pay based on gender. Explains the three categories of exempt employees and considers whether any library employees may fall into these categories. (LRW)

Presents evidence supporting claim that sex and gender are important to the explanatory as well as the descriptive goals of developmental psychology. Maintains that studying psychosocial and biological components of gender and sex helps one to develop hypotheses about causal mechanisms for developmental outcomes more generally. Introduces the…

Examines discourses that interweave women's position in education today, theorizing education as a nexus of created paradoxical spaces, where the female self attempts to surpass closed boundaries, questioning the dichotomy of the feminized private and/or masculine public. Considers the importance of time restrictions upon women's lives. Discusses…

Examined the qualities college students valued or disliked in their professors and whether they varied by student or professor gender. Students picked their best and worst professors, described their qualities, and rated their gender-linked personality traits. Gender factors operated more strongly in considerations of best versus worst professors.…