Purpose: This study aims to explore how gender is represented in 64 English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks used in schools across seven Middle Eastern countries. It examines whether these materials promote gender equality, as outlined in the official curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: The coursebooks were analysed through content…

This study combines narrative inquiry with Third World feminism to bring a nuanced and scopic perspective of Third World women student experiences in US higher education. Specifically, it utilises Talpade Mohanty's concept of Third World womanhood to visibilise the experiences of five Third World international female students. Understanding…

This paper aims to (1) explore how notions about STEM in different contexts, times, scales and places affect STEM-practices in ECE and beyond, and (2) with this as a point of departure, highlight the need and potential of using feminist perspectives and a feminist pedagogy in STEM-related courses within ECTE (Early Childhood Teacher Education). To…

Background: According to gender-differentiated attributions of failure in the STEM field, errors tend to be attributed to internal factors more to girls than to boys. Aims: This experimental study explored factors influencing gender-differentiated teachers' internal attributions of girls' and boys' errors and the consequent likelihood of teachers'…

Diversifying higher education curricula has been called for as one way to reduce racial inequalities in higher education. This study makes an original contribution by focusing on images of people in lecture slides. We explored how people of colour versus white individuals were portrayed in images (n = 250) used in lecture slides in four first-year…

This article examines the activism of student protesters in a rural Rust Belt community's Black Lives Matter protest, challenging prevailing stereotypes about civic engagement, literacies, and youth involvement in rural settings. Utilizing critical ethnography and nexus analysis to examine disruptions of discourses in place and interview student…

The goal of this qualitative study is to describe the perspectives of higher education family science faculty and administrators regarding men's enrollment in family science courses. University family science courses educate students on how to promote developmental potential for individuals, couples, and families. Information from these classes…

Drawing from the National Hispanic Male Teacher Survey (NHMTS) pilot in Texas, this paper aims to expand efforts to recruit, prepare, support, and sustain Hispanic male teachers in K-12 institutions. The findings drawn from 839 educators present becoming a future role model to Hispanic students, dismantling stereotypical assumptions around being…

This study aimed to determine physical education teachers' views on physical education lessons from a gender perspective. The study also sought to exemplify teachers' attitudes and behaviors towards students in classes, including their view on sports and school athletes, and behaviors within the framework of gender by assessing their metaphorical…

In this qualitative study, we took a novel approach of adopting an asset-oriented mindset based on Yosso's community cultural wealth framework. We conducted individual interviews at a large land-grant institution to understand the experiences of Black- and Latinx-identified on-campus collegians. Our goal was to explore the types of resistant…

Implicit stereotypes about gender and STEM may unconsciously shape students' academic choices and contribute to gender gaps in major choice, but there is limited economic evidence on this channel. To study this relationship, we administer a gender-science Implicit Association Test (IAT) to a sample of primarily first-semester undergraduates, and…

This article explores how "puntos y rayas" (full stops and lines) function as symbolic and structural barriers in education for language-minoritized students. Through autobiographical reflection and classroom cases, the authors show how rigid boundaries around standardized language and raciolinguistic ideologies marginalize students and…

The purpose of this qualitative study is to highlight the trajectory of Women of Color (WoC) administrators in a key STEM discipline: engineering. WoC are underrepresented in higher education, representing fewer than 10% of administrators. Through this study, we provide a nuanced perspective on how the presence of WoC administrators change and…

This study explores secondary school teachers' perspectives on gendered differences in student learning within Rwanda, focusing on STEM subjects. Despite the country's strong emphasis on gender equity and equality in education, limited research has been conducted on this issue. The study involved 51 STEM teachers across seven Rwandan districts,…

Challenges related to the teaching of gender equality in Irish secondary schools are multifaceted and include: insufficient gender equality training for teachers; tendencies towards conservative and religious ethos schools; lack of space in which to address gender topics and issues (including gender identity, gender stereotyping, gender…