Focuses on the role of gender as a significant aspect of self-concept suggesting that transitional phases intensify the sociocultural processes of identity construction and that gender acquires salience as an aspect of identity during the transitions. Highlights studies on gender as an aspect of identity during transitional phases of the school…

Black women struggle for parity with men and white women in the U.S. academy. Examines gender issues at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), noting patterns of gender inequity and discrimination. These disparities are confounded by and in conflict with issues of race. Addresses the consequence of lack of attention to gender…

Explored Greek secondary school teacher-student classroom interactions, examining links between teachers' classroom behavior and ideas about gender and, to some degree, life experiences. Results indicated that teachers behaved differently toward boys and girls. Teachers' lack of awareness of gender as an important factor in education and teachers'…

Presents representative studies of other researchers as well as the author's own to reveal the possibilities and problems that girls and women face as they use computers in their education. Discusses gender and technology in elementary schools, with middle-school populations, and in school-college collaborations. Reflects on gender and technology…

Provides information on the idealized images of women during World War I. Features the use of posters and propaganda during the war. Focuses on voluntary activities in which women participated, the fight for women's suffrage during the war, and the effect of the war on women working. Includes poster reproductions. (CMK)

Interviewed 35 African American parents to explore the gender socialization of their children and examine how race and class shaped parents' gender ideologies and behaviors. Results revealed significant support for teaching children gender role equality, though that support was mediated by social class (educational level) and social mobility…

Describes a study that evaluated the effects of computer experience, gender, and academic performance on computer attitude and user information system satisfaction in a university setting. Results of an analysis of variance showed that the personal characteristics made a difference in computer attitudes but not in academic computer system user…

Includes "Introduction to Gender in Distance Education" (Spronk); "From the Local to the Global" (Taylor, Kirkup); "Addressing Some Gender Issues in Distance Education at the University of the South Pacific" (Tuimaleili'fano); "Women and Science at a Distance" (Va'a); "Women as Distance Learners in…

For men and women to be genuinely effective leaders, they need to challenge themselves to grow beyond the limiting boundaries set by gender role definitions. When leaders are aware that the integrated human being is the result of a balanced complement between feminine and masculine personality traits, they enable others to actualize the same…

Uses data from the National Center for Educational Statistics' Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to present a profile of biology teachers. Discusses background of biology teachers, preparation in the physical and life sciences, who does the preparation, and expected future trends. Compares data with results reported for chemistry, earth science,…

Examines, via computer-use attitudes, the influence of gender stereotypes on the motivation of gender-constant children in mastering gender roles. Results from 206 children confirm that attitudes towards computer use would be less positive only for 5- to 9-year-old gender-constant girls who also had rich gender stereotypes and that these gender…

Addresses the problems associated with constructing masculinity as a monolithic category, and offers a particular pedagogical approach designed to open up the examination, legitimation, and valorization of alternative subject positions for high school boys in the English classroom. The author also translates feminist poststructural theoretical…

Presents research conducted with a group of non-computer science majors to determine the effects of prior computing experience on success in college computer science courses. Specific relationships between prior experience factors and gender were studied, and the results indicate that pre-college computing can have an important role in achieving…

Explains the definition and criteria of high quality in early childhood practitioners as the most important element in determining the quality of an early childhood program. Defines professionalism in the early childhood field and describes differentiated levels of professionalism, early childhood teacher certification from a national perspective,…

Describes a pilot gender issues course in the University of Ottawa's Bachelor of Education program. The course considers the role of gender issues in adolescent and teacher development, the school curriculum, organizational structure, and interactions. Evaluations indicated that the course was strongly supported by most students, although some…