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Download full textGupta, Nina – 1983
This paper summarizes barriers that work to keep women in traditional positions within the work world and at the lower levels of organizational hierarchies within educational administration. Three general categories of barriers are outlined. In personal barriers, the first category, personality characteristics, background influences, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Development, Career Planning, Educational Administration
Levine, Maita – 1976
Designed to aid in the identification of reasons why qualified women do not pursue careers in mathematics, this study surveyed nine schools. Fourth, ninth, and twelfth grade students were selected from inner city and suburban schools. Six schools were selected for the fourth grade, and three schools were selected at the ninth and twelfth grade…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Counselors, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Stipek, Deborah J. – 1993
This book integrates theory, research, and practical issues related to achievement motivation, and provides an overview of current theories in the field, including reinforcement theory, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive theories. The text gives concrete examples and practical guidance for diagnosing and improving students' motivation, focuses on…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Bayne, G. Keith; Gerber, R. Anne – 1990
The content and activities of the nontraditional component of single parent/homemaker projects across Kentucky was perceived by past participants as not being as helpful as other parts. The study determined whether barriers to nontraditional occupations were valid for Kentucky, identified new barriers, identified components of previous projects,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Cultural Influences, Displaced Homemakers
Ruhland, David J.; And Others – 1978
This manual for junior and senior high school counselors and teachers reports factors relating to career choice as determined by assessing young women in grades 7, 11, and 12 using a study-developed questionnaire, the Test Anxiety Questionniare, the Thematic Apperception Test, Fear of Success, and a sex-role scale. Chapter 1 is an introduction.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Education
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH. – 1979
Intended as a resource in developing and conducting programs to encourage talented female students in broadening their career options and to increase positive self-awareness, this manual provides step-by-step procedures for replicating a fourteen-session diagnostic/prescriptive career development program for grade 11. Section 1, Program Overview,…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Assertiveness, Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling
