Provides cross-section data on British secondary level student choices that contributes to broader debates on why student numbers have been falling in economics, and why women are reluctant economists. Identifies the key factors: peer group effects, critical mass of women studying economics, positive role models, and teacher effects. (RLH)

Examines how the characteristics and attitudes of students interact with the pedagogy and attributes of the instructor to influence student decisions to study economics beyond the first semester. Finds that students who have a predisposition to major in economics and who find economics relevant are more likely to continue. (RLH)

Examines teachers' working identities, highlighting gender inequities among teachers, within school systems, and in society, especially in relation to computers. Highlights tensions central to teaching in relation to new technologies, emphasizing gender inequities that structure understandings of teaching. Documents how, for the teachers studied,…

Explores the trends in the basic education of Bangladeshi children (ages 11 and 12) using data generated through two nationally representative sample surveys. Reports that the level of basic education rose slowly (26.7 percent in 1993 to 29.6 percent in 1998) while improvement was found in life skills knowledge and writing skills. Includes…

Presents a study that investigated whether the presence of a group goal would reduce social matching. Reports that when there was no specific goal, the participants matched their own performance to the performance that was expected of other group members. Include references. (CMK)

Examines the role of self-esteem and perceived social support in moderating the relationship between dual and social expectations and well-being. Focuses on students (females (n=166); males (n=87)) living in an urban community in the U.S. midwest. Includes references. (CMK)

Discusses challenges schools face with the increasing numbers of students from racial/ethnic minority groups and describes the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) act. Points out the impact of the myth that science and math are for white males only on females and minority students. Reports on a case study on the achievement gap of 3rd grade students in…

Considers the effect of the negotiation of the principles of care, multiplicity, and integrity on redefining the roles of women. Speculates about what these tenants mean when they are applied to practical situations of teaching, doing scientific research or engineering projects, governing an institution, and planning education. (Author/DDR)

Delineates the mechanisms by which an international learning environment can be created. Details the support that such an environment would require. Support includes cooperation between institutions, use of work-based learning, and use of technology and open learning material. (DDR)

Reports the view and perceptions of approximately 1,000 Welsh and English students in their final two years of compulsory schooling focusing on self-efficacy, goal orientation and motivation, stress, and interpersonal skills. Finds that most students were positive about their school, their futures, and their perceived control of their life. (CMK)

Explores the different attitudes of English girls and boys to General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) work. Provides suggestions to account for the differences, particularly related to peer pressure, image, and social groupings. Finds that boys were ridiculed more for working hard and were under greater pressure to confirm to a cool,…

Examines whether a shift in secondary school students' constructions of gender, school subjects, and subject ability has occurred. Explores their statements concerning gender and ability involved in school subjects. Argues there has been a blurring of the gender dichotomy when reviewing favorite subjects versus least favorite subjects. (CMK)

Discusses the lives of women of color, illustrating diversity-minded feminist principles that may inform research and program development related to other aspects of diversity. Notes perspectives and priorities of women of color in psychology. Considers why implementing feminist psychology's inclusive vision for research is a continuing struggle,…

Notes that "women's web sites" are absent from discussions of rhetoric and electronic communication though these sites accumulate a significant number of the hours women log online. Argues that it is important to recognize the exchange and creation of knowledge by and for women through women's online resource venues. Offers productive ways of…

Focuses on the construction of lay sisters in a religious order and school setting using a poststructuralist orientation. Explains that in the study documents were examined and interviews were conducted with ex-students, choir nuns, and a lay sister at a small Catholic girls-preparatory boarding school. Explores the narrative of one lay sister.…