Examines the dilemma of audience and voice in education, connecting the golden era of American educational historiography to the education reforms of the 1960s-70s, then discussing recent developments in the areas of people of color, history and policy, higher education, and gender-based history. Suggests ways that history might be connected to…

Analyzes student survey results from Canada's first national, large-scale assessment of school literacy for explanations of gender differences in reading and writing skills found in this and other recent Canadian large-scale assessments. Explores English-Canadian adolescents' literacy preferences, attitudes, and practices. Offers five models that…

Focuses on the benefits and effectiveness of using a dual-gender team-teaching approach in a human sexuality course focused on issues related to creating a comfortable learning environment. Addresses the student perceptions of the course. Finds that the approach is advantageous to both students and instructors. (CMK)

Examined the gendered influence of downward social comparisons among college students. Compared to men, women were more likely to feel that another's failure reflected their own chance of success, especially when it was considered due to personal characteristics. Men were more susceptible to dampened self-evaluations in light of another's failure…

Investigated the relationship between gender and gender role of students and their "best" university professors. Surveys of Canadian college students indicated that there was a strong relationship between students' gender and gender role and the gender and perceived gender role of their best instructors. Masculinity was valued more by…

Examined the race-gender gap in education among second-generation Caribbean American young adults (Dominicans, Haitians, and anglophone West Indians), using life history interviews, focus groups, and participant observation to investigate how their cumulative race-gender experiences influenced their outlooks toward schooling. Overall, women…

When women were first admitted to colleges and universities, it was only the first step in their gaining genuine access to an education. The deans of women, hired to help with this strange new group of students, led the way in making campuses accessible to women. (Author)

This article contains excerpts from "Feminist Theory from Margin to Center" (Hooks, 1984) to introduce gifted students to the concept of oppression in order to enable them to recognize and appreciate both the importance and the limits of purely sexist oppression. Discussion questions on oppression are provided. (Contains 2 references.)…

Examines concepts of gender and race in virtual environments by presenting a case study of an African American woman's online personalities. Discusses how her online contributions in a college class discussion influenced her and the group's perspectives on violence and gender issues. (Author/LRW)

Provides a survey of the results of a research project funded by the German Research Association at the University of Osnabruck between 1991 and 1997. The project intended to reveal different aspects of the process of acculturation and integration undergone by groups having immigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany. (CMK)

Examines the gendered construction of the modern teacher and the educational concerns about gender dualisms within "teacher professionalism." Illustrates how rational and instrumental notions of teaching frame the conditions of women teachers' work. Concludes by presenting an alternative conceptual framework for assessing the gendered…

Librarians can provide access to responsible Internet resources designed specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Web sites described in this article include: for youth, by youth; national organizations; and references. (AEF)

Provides objectives and guidelines for preparing and executing a classroom exercise using superhero comic books. Discusses variations on the exercise for topics such as sociology of gender, social inequality, research methods, and introduction to sociology. Addresses purchasing comic books for the course. (CMK)

Focuses on the use of feature films as a tool in "Mexican American Experience through Film," a class in which sociological and cinematic representations contribute to understanding the Mexican American experience. Discusses three films related to the representations of Chicanos and how the films are used. (CMK)

Theorizes relationships between gender, education, and computing, exploring education's role in the continued ideological reproduction of computing and technology as masculine domains. Critiques technological determinism and the sociology of science and postmodernist analyses of technology for reducing technology to the social. Brings together…