Based on a sample of Canadian university students (n=379), examines six components within a model of well-being: (1) self-acceptance; (2) positive relations with others; (3) autonomy; (4) environmental mastery; (5) purpose in life; and (6) personal growth. Focuses on how well-being was related to stereotypic gender roles and the impostor…

Reviews major developments in Vietnam over the past decade as it moves from a socialist to a market economy. Examines the labor market, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system and its role in helping returned exiles find employment. Concludes there was limited success in reintegration of returnees. (CAJ)

Follows the proposals, meetings, lobbying, and leadership that preceded the addition of a Gender Studies class to the course listing of a college in Georgia. The professor that promoted the course designed it with the following objectives: to apply core behavioral science concepts to the study of gender in U.S. society, and to increase critical…

Presents a discussion based on the premise that the entire educational system needs reassessment if there is to be an influx of women, particularly African-American women, in the quantitative sciences. Provides strategies focusing on science education that are based on a search of the literature and on the personal experience of a biology teacher.…

Investigates the relationship of gender and residential background (urban and rural) on three components of achievement motivation of distance learners: work, mastery and competitiveness. Participants were 224 distance learners from the International Center for Distance Education and Open Learning, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Findings are…

Explores accounts given by male music teachers about practices used with boys and the role of the male music teacher through data collected during two research studies. Reports that male teachers tend to reinforce gender stereotypical behaviors in boys instead of challenging ideas of masculinity. (CMK)

Discusses the increasing diversity on college campuses with foreign students and reports results of a study on end-user searching that employs both gender and language variables in analyzing search success, techniques, and satisfaction. An analysis by language background indicates a correlation between native language and searching ability.…

Examined gender differences in self-reported and observed conversations about sexual issues. Gender differences (more mother-daughter than mother-son) were found in the extent of sexual communication based on adolescents' reports, but no gender differences were found based on mothers' reports, or on observations of conversations. (Author)

Evaluates attitudes towards and achievement in science of Form 3 students studying in single-sex and coeducational schools in Brunei. Results demonstrated significant differences in attitudes towards and achievement in science of male and female students in single-sex schools and students in coeducational schools. (Contains 46 references.)…

Presents a study in which children (n=600), ages five to nine, completed Jean Piaget's horizontality task using a square water bottle. Finds a significant sex difference in the pretest performance of the horizontality task beginning with eight year olds. Includes references. (CMK)

Used self-efficacy theory as a framework to investigate the interaction of beliefs about gender appropriateness and conceptions of ability on competence beliefs in physical activity. College students completed surveys about the sport of hockey, watched a video of a specific hockey skill, and responded to questions about the skill. Results support…

Examined interventions intended to extend participation in the learning of English in a high school in England in response to concerns about the level of boys' achievement in comparison to girls'. Data from observations and student interviews highlighted unintended consequences of the interventions, such as heightening awareness of gender and…

Examines what the "Journal of Geography in Higher Education" has published throughout its history on teaching and learning in relation to people and places referred to in scholarship as the "Other." Addresses themes of gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, and the developing world. Includes references. (CMK)

Based on fieldwork with first-graders in two racially mixed U.S. elementary schools, this article draws from Black feminist theory to examine intersections between gender and racialized ethnicity, especially in the experiences of African American girls. Findings suggest that racial positioning and gender of the African American girls held…

Provides an overview and discusses outcomes of the Rural Girls in Science (RGS) program which was developed to foster interest in science, engineering, and mathematics among rural high school girls in the state of Washington. Replaces initial guiding concepts (self-esteem and scientific pipeline) with science-affirming and affirming science…