Investigated elementary students' interpretations of sexual harassment and how they related to self-esteem and body esteem. After hearing scenarios exemplifying peer harassment, students expressed their thoughts and completed gender role, self-esteem, and body esteem scales. Most children had experienced peer harassment. Total harassment…

Provides preliminary results from a study of mediated information retrieval at the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) based on data from 121 information seekers who requested mediated searches. Focuses on results related to the relationship between participants' gender, cognitive styles, and information seeking behaviors. (Contains 21…

Investigated 7-year-olds', 9-year-olds', and adults' ability to classify children's and adults' faces by sex using only biological based internal facial structure. Found that participants categorized adult faces by sex at accuracy levels varying from just above chance (7-year-olds) to nearly perfect (adults). All groups were less accurate for…

Examines the relationship between loneliness and depression among 6,356 Chinese students from grades 4 through 9. Reports a close relationship between loneliness and depression. Peer-related loneliness and aloneness were more predictive than parent-related, and among primary students loneliness was more predictive of overall depression. Includes…

Surveys middle level female students (n=215) for their perceptions about the nature of science and the nature of the science classroom learning environment. Methodologies used in the study focus on the mental constructs that girls create from those perceptions as opposed to the views gained through teacher report, classroom observation, or…

Describes two teaching tools, case-based learning and concept mapping and how they support cross-disciplinary, multidisciplinary , and interdisciplinary learning as they promote the integration of sex- and gender-based science into the medical curriculum. Outlines the process of case development at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hahnemann…

Examines three principles of the poetry of two Latinas, Sandra Cisneros and Judith Ortiz Cofer: the expression of dual language heritage, the highlighting of women's issues as a means of self-affirmation, and the importance of creating time and space for writing. Explains that writing is a way of disrupting learned and expected roles and allows…

Discusses several articles in this issue that demonstrate the influence of gender and power on family medicine education. These articles show that both clinical and learning environments are influenced by gender and power. Recommends the study of gender and power as an overt component in the family medicine curriculum. (SLD)

Investigates the formative life experiences of nine women and how they perceived their roles as students, artists, art teachers, and family members in relation to the dominant discourses of their lives. Summarizes the typologies of the artists, the strategies for sustaining careers in the visual arts, and the implications for art education. (CMK)

Analysis of surveys of land-grant agricultural scientists in 1979 and 1996 found significant gender differences in postdoctoral work experience, academic rank, employment of graduate students, book publication, and links with private industry. Gender differences were found in attitudes toward biotechnology and university-industry links, but not in…

Examines university student motivation and goals related to preferences for course requirements and evaluation methods in introductory psychology courses. Reports that student expectations of preferences were sometimes contradictory, were different across subgroups (goal, age, and gender), and did not match faculty goals. Includes references. (CMK)

Highlights Hispanic mothers' discussions about moral family education. Narratives involved claiming the home space in the midst of the English-speaking community's attempts to define their families and childrearing practices as "problematic." Uses a race-based feminist perspective to examine how mothers' counternarratives helped contest…

Argues that post-structuralist discourse analysis has a strong contribution to make to feminist and educational research, examining how the use of feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis (FPDA) can be tricky. Highlights an ethnographic study of secondary school girls' and boys' speech in class. Suggests that FPDA can produce powerful…

Examined how Asian American actors coped with the constraints of being minorities in an industry where physical appearance is crucial to success. Respondents' narratives reflected such coping strategies as not confronting issues of race, rationalizing that things are much better now for Asian American actors than in previous years, and believing…

Explores why gender studies--implicated in wider conflicts over modernization, democracy, and tradition--has become a flash point for academic freedom in Egyptian universities. (EV)