Implicit biases affect everyone in society, including within the K-12 education system. This study investigated what memories of implicit gender bias preservice teachers (PSTs) recalled from their K-12 education. These memories may be connected to the PSTs' embedded implicit biases and indicate the long-term impact of teachers' biases on students.…

Children ages 6-7 and 9-10 and emerging adults (n = 115) judged whether a character should approach a group of peers when they had a gender-neutral, gender-norm-consistent, or gender-norm-inconsistent activity. They also provided justifications and judgments about whether the character would be teased. Approaching peers with a…

Since April 2022, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) have partnered to collect advancement data for the independent school community using the NAIS online tool Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL). Used by more than 40 state, regional, and national…

With massive support from international organisations, Indonesia has been one of the fastest-growing countries with the highest enrolment increase in Early Childhood Education (ECE). The rapid scaling up is known to be primarily supported by women. Unfortunately, the impacts of ECE on women remain under-recognized. On the community side, the early…

In response to evidence that one in five college women are sexually assaulted, institutions of higher education have started adopting affirmative consent policies. Affirmative consent must be voluntarily and explicitly communicated--verbally or nonverbally. A recently published article highlighted barriers to the success of affirmative consent…

Vocational and workforce education provide economic opportunity but often exclude or limit the participation of women. Here, we lay the foundation for developing workforce programming from a feminist perspective and building inclusion efforts within academic institutions for vocational education students and practitioners. Based on a systematic…

This paper presents a foundational classroom exercise used to help introduce the systemic and interactional aspects of the binary gender system, using 12 occupations selected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and personality characteristics from the Bem Sex Role Inventory. This activity was conducted in an introductory Diversity course at a…

This qualitative research paper discusses how the material environment of preschool classrooms contributes to early childhood experiences of gender. It applies poststructuralist and posthumanist concepts -- primarily Barad's agential-realism -- to analyse ethnographic data extracts drawn from the author's semi-longitudinal study in a UK nursery.…

This qualitative case study examined the mathematical identities and perceptions of equity of eight female elementary preservice teachers in their junior year of a teacher preparation program at a Midwestern research university. Within the affective domain, beliefs related to competence, performance, and recognition, along with interest, were…

The purpose of the current study was to examine the experiences of women leaders in the higher education sector of North Carolina, United States of America (USA). The qualitative phenomenological study specifically explored the lived experiences and perceptions of 12 adult women leaders to better understand (1) the major perceptions on leadership…

Textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning and have a great impact on the students in aspects such as cultural values, norms, and attitudes towards social roles and identities. In particular, textbooks are of great importance to the education for gender equity. This study aims to explore the representation of genders to find if…

Although there have been numerous studies on stereotypical gender portrayals of male and female characters in children's books, the extant research has focused almost exclusively on human and animal characters (e.g., Clark, Guilmain, Saucier, & Tavarez, 2003; Grauerholz & Pescosolido, 1989; Hamilton et al., 2006; Weitzman et al., 1972;…

The debate on the relative merits of single-sex and co-educational schooling for girls and boys persists. There are also on-going concerns in Australia about declining enrolments in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines at both the tertiary and school levels. In this article, we summarise some core findings from…

Background: Society remains gender-differentiated, and the development of inappropriate stereotypical attitudes appears to be one factor preventing many individuals from achieving their true potential. A significant level of attention has been given to challenging inappropriate stereotypes in older children. However, previous research suggests…

Context: The millennial population currently occupies the point of adulthood in which sexual health behaviors are developed. Understanding the perceptions that contribute to these behaviors is crucial to the development of preventative measures. Purpose: To explore young adults' perceptions of sexual health and related concerns among the…