This book on sex role stereotyping in the schools is divided into two parts. Part One concerns the school and the classroom, and addresses such topics as sexist language, biased textbooks, educational guidance, sex roles, politics, athletics, the counselor's challenge, and the curriculum. Part Two concerns the school and the community, and…

Since American Indians have been traditionally stereotyped by educational textbooks and commercial media, it is no wonder that the majority of the U.S. population has very little real knowledge of Native American religion, philosophy, art, music, or general cultural traditions. Within mainstream institutions, this lack of knowledge and/or interest…

Blacks are said to be often called upon to serve in difficult administrative positions located in school districts with financial difficulties where personnel and/or students are in revolt, where discipline is non-existent, where academic achievement levels are low, and where the community is divided. Major problems that arise when examining the…

The five major papers whose full texts are included address themselves to various topics that can influence the lives of women in their career choices and advancement. Federal Legislation: Impact on Women's Careers, Mary Allen Jolley, discusses sex discrimination, legal gains made over the past 10 years, sex role stereotyping, and vocational…

The Center for Research on Women (CROW) at Stanford University along with the Communication Department, the Psychology Department, and the School of Education conducted a study on the image of women in advertising and suggested ways to improve women's image in the advertising media. With the objective of sponsoring some alternatives to expedite…

Regulations by HEW for implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, dealing with sex discrimination, are presented. Although women's athletic programs have received great attention, the statute and implementing regulations affect many phases of campus operations, including admissions, education programs, housing, financial…

The Center for Vocational and Technical Education at the Ohio State University has made many praiseworthy contributions to developing the concept of career education by focusing its major attention on producing research leading toward improving the quality, variety, and opportunity of vocational and technical education and by making vocational…

This paper briefly examines the responses of schools and parents to writings on sexism and sex role stereotyping and considers the problems of implementing change in response to research in this area. Faulty reporting of research findings and sex biased interpretations of data are discussed. It is noted that certain curriculum areas are designated…

Community and junior colleges can play an important role in helping women exercise their options in life without discrimination, as equal partners with men in fulfilling national economic and social needs. The responsibility of junior and community colleges goes beyond providing career education for women. They must also create an awareness among…

This study examined the effects of third grade students' physical attractiveness, IQ scores, and sex on raters' expectations for the students' personality and academic performance. Subjects were 120 undergraduate and graduate students who were either teachers or teacher trainees. A fictitious school transcript and student essay were randomly…

The premise of this paper is that teacher behavior and attitudes which uphold traditional sex stereotypes of masculinity and femininity, in which the male is always aggressive and unfeeling and the female is always passive and sensitive, are harmful to the psychological development of children. A positive sex role identification would include a…

This unit contains 25 class activities to help middle and high school students become aware of stereotypic images they may have about China and the Chinese. The activities can form the basis of a minicourse or can be used to supplement courses in sociology, psychology, U.S. history, world history, language arts, or community studies. Section One…

In response to a request from the Southeast Council, the Southeast Alternatives (SEA) Internal Evaluation Team undertook a study to provide information about sex-role stereotyping in Southeast Alternatives schools. The questionnaire had ten questions that asked such things as if stereotyping occurred, where it occurred, what would be the best…

This research report focuses on the latent content of textbooks, the information attempting to instruct the child in ethical and moral values. Textbooks being used in the average classrooms in the United States today in grades one through six were examined and analyzed to discover the way the two sexes are portrayed and the types of behavior…

These materials were compiled to help provide a better education for all children by increasing parents' and teachers' awareness of sexism and by providing new ideas and programs for helping people to overcome sex-role stereotyping in the schools. Included in the packet are: (1) a questionnaire designed to provoke thought before the beginning of a…