Assesses students' concepts of aging at the beginning, middle, and end of a psychology of aging course. Results show students' knowledge reflected stereotypes in the beginning, but during the course, new concepts appeared. Claims instructors can benefit from using this technique to plan and assess success of course goals. (Author/NL)

Examines historical and current stereotypes of American Indian women, suggesting research in this area is lacking. Reviews relevant data, offering areas and methods for additional research. Focuses Native American women's difficulties in graduate schools and during their early professional years. Contains 14 references. (TES)

Examines relationships among gender, subordination, politics, poverty, and illiteracy in developing nations. Links women's illiteracy with uneven power distribution. Suggests that patriarchal ideologies shaping the sexual division of labor affect women's access to education and attainment of literacy. Recommends literacy programs be more relevant…

Challenges teachers' assumptions that language and literature are neutral fields of study and suggests alternative nonsexist approaches to education. Discusses how female children are disadvantaged in school by the hidden curriculum. Makes note of stereotyped expectations held by teachers rewarding females for passive behavior. (NL)

Studies the influence of sex-typed nonverbal behavior of male and female clients on 156 college students' perceptions. Subjects viewed videotaped interviews and rated the perceived characteristics, prognosis for recovery, and problems of the client. Finds that females displaying masculine sex-typed behaviors were pervasively stigmatized. (FMW)

Evaluates children's tradebooks for their multicultural content. Examines three categories: general, illustrations, and narrative theme. Presents the findings of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award Committee's examination of nonfiction tradebooks published in 1986; reports the researchers' investigation of the submitted books to the committee; and…

Studies the capacity of sex role stereotyped portrayals of men and women found in popular rock music videos to alter viewers' impressions of a man and a woman who subsequently were seen interacting. Concludes that the videos perpetuate traditional sex role stereotypes. (FMW)

Observes the changes in socializing patterns of Yemenite Jewish male and female adolescents at two Tel Aviv (Israel) youth clubs. The presence and acceptance of females at traditionally all-male social events indicated a modernization of attitude. (FMW)

Investigates relationships between television viewing and both the content and form of children's event representations. Examines two narratives, a "television" story and a "real-life" story, written by children in grades three, five, and eight, for the presence of particular kinds of content and for presentational style and…

Asserts that decisions regarding textbook content China are political and determined by the central government. Reports on a study of 15 elementary and secondary geography textbooks published between 1948 and 1991. Finds that the image of the United States portrayed in these books has changed dramatically. (CFR)

Examines whether relationships of self-reported depression and suicidality to gender roles or gender are moderated by stressful life events. Results with 290 female and 247 male undergraduates support the androgyny model of adjustment and a self-schema model of depression. (SLD)

Reports on a study of 39 females and minority females and males in British educational institutions who achieved senior management positions. Describes their experiences and identifies the themes, strategies, and institutional structures. Finds that many institutions failed to implement policies and strategies that address underrepresented groups.…

Examined mother-child communication patterns in relation to mother's marital status, child gender, and play activity in light of contextual-ecological models. Suggests that the socialization of gender be viewed as a construction influenced directly by factors in the immediate interactive context and influenced indirectly by developed adaptations…

Reviews a book that examines women's progress in education during the last 30 years. The book emphasizes the continuity of women's inferior status as students and academics despite advances since the second wave of feminism during the 1960s, describes teacher career structures in England and Wales, and examines women's conflicting role…

Examines the power of dominant discourses of gender to trap children within conventional meanings and modes of being. Presents findings of a study of children's reactions to feminist fairy tales. Concludes that patterns of desire reflected in preferred storylines give substance to inequitable social structures. (DK)