To study gender and cohort differences, surveys of male and female preservice elementary and preschool teacher education majors (N=326) examined vocational choice, factors influencing their decision, comfort with that decision, and professional aspirations. Results indicated that males and females were similar in their reasons for selecting…

Provides a syllabus and teaching notes for a course on gender and communication theory. Presents teaching notes based on the assumption that a course grounded in a gender perspective requires style in the classroom that complements the course content. (KEH)

Investigates the ability of 269 Canadian male and female undergraduates, with comparable fear of negative evaluation, to give and receive criticism. Using role playing, in vivo, and self-reported criticism behaviors, finds no significant differences across gender. Reports the hypothesis that women would devalue their criticism skills on…

As a group, Asian/Pacific Americans (APAs) have more credits in high-level science and mathematics than other ethnic groups, but many APAs do not follow this "model minority" stereotype. Focuses on Asian/Pacific American females who are socialized into traditional roles and are not academically prepared for higher education. (AF)

The term "African" has gone through several phases of acceptability in the course of United States history. Changes in the applicability of the name reflect developments in African-American consciousness in the context of national and world history. Recognition of African identity is influencing Black definition and direction worldwide.…

Based on interviews with 40 Austrian primary school teachers, contends that equitable classroom practices result from beliefs and practices that are part of natural child discourse and are promoted by language learning. Recommends a new discourse of equity for teachers. Describes a project on language teaching based on the psycholinguistic…

Examines the variables that influence females' success in science by experimenting with the outcomes of measures of formal reasoning ability. Concludes that women turn away from science for reasons that have little or nothing to do with their reasoning ability. (YP)

Proposes a socially critical geography curriculum which includes a study of spatial justice for the Australia Aboriginal people. Provides strategies for introducing this curriculum, including awareness of cultural differences; destroying stereotypes; awareness of past and present government policies; and awareness of the language of racism. (LS)

Provides guidelines and examples of ways preschool teachers can use fairy tales to help children understand their lives. (BB)

Looks at the function and status of women faculty at colleges and universities in the United States. Focuses on how the adjunct faculty position when used as an economizing strategy by administrators places women in permanent disadvantaged and dead-end positions. Reviews adjunct faculty organizational efforts to make demands for pay equity and…

A sixth grade class is divided into two groups on the basis of eye color. On succeeding days, brown-eyed and blue-eyed students are treated either preferentially or with prejudice. The experimental lesson is repeated in a parent student workshop, where students lead the discussion of discrimination and bias. (AF)

Investigates perceived gender differences in subjective experience and its outward display. Finds that males and females are viewed as more alike in their internal feelings than in their overt display of feelings, and that the gender viewed as having more hidden feelings varies with the situation. (FMW)

Reviews an ethnographic study of female students in full-time secretarial courses in a college of non-advanced further education (NAFE) in England. The study explores the role of schooling in the transmission and maintenance of social inequalities and finds that classroom life encourages student conformity. (AF)

Contends that most of the research on gender issues in schools has focused on teacher behavior and the values transmitted through observed talk and behavior. Reports on a study of the views toward their elementary schooling by 53 secondary school students. (CFR)

Examines the motivational factors that contribute to course selection in a sample of students enrolled in an intensive three-week academic experience for gifted adolescents. Researchers evaluated the selections of 947 students and found that course participation fell along traditional gender-stereotyped lines. The complex motivations behind…