Reviews psychological research on motivation and educational achievement, discussing gender and contributions by feminist researchers. Feminist psychologists note sex bias and methodological flaws in traditional research on achievement motivation, proposing improved models (Eccles' expectancy x value model of achievement behavior). Contrary to…

Notes that short-term exposure to nonviolent sexual media stimuli can produce cognitive changes in men which can affect their behavior toward women. Explores differences among these behavioral effects in a group of male and female undergraduate students based upon sexual degradation in film content and male viewers' gender schematicity. Discusses…

Explains that the concern of learning style research is to identify student characteristics, which are related to instructional methods and learning outcomes in educationally significant ways. Demonstrates that styles as measured by the Ego Inventory Instrument have some desirable reliability and validity qualities. Proposes that in addition to…

Three studies investigated interrelationships among coping styles, gender roles, and level of depression for early adolescents. Girls displayed more depression than boys. More highly depressed girls demonstrated coping patterns similar to those of depressed adolescent and adult women. People who identified with feminine gender roles showed…

Provides biographical information on Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Includes an examination of her life, such as the influence of her family and mentors. Analyzes Nicolson's career trajectory from the 1920's to the 1960s. States that the life of Nicolson will help define the complexity of women's choices in academic life. (CMK)

Explores the genre of the adolescent girl career novel, specifically limited to 1950s Great Britain. Addresses the dual role of women during the 1950s that focused on the pursuit of a career and domesticity. Examines how the career novel negotiated dilemmas facing young women leaving school. (CMK)

Explored elementary teachers' conceptions of caring within teaching, discussing the relevance of an ethic of caring. Teacher interviews and drawings suggested that teachers understood caring in many ways (commitment, relatedness, physical care, affection, parenting, and mothering). Both women and men employed an ethic of care when reflecting on…

Describes a research methodology that combines oral history and grounded theory procedures, suggesting its usefulness in studying race, gender, and class. Also notes that it supports one university's approach to race, gender, and class studies as a foundation for strategizing social change/social justice. Examines the connections between oral…

Identifies a set of professional discursive practices of rhetoric teachers that reveal gendered power relations. Proposes an "embodied rhetoric" characterized and authorized in part by specific sorts of personal author- and context-saturated gestures. Concludes that an embodied rhetoric regenders academic discourse, assures agency and power to…

Describes a study that evaluated computer games, or components of the games, that would lend themselves for use in an educational setting, particularly with adults. Highlights include game selection criteria; gender differences; motivation; learning styles; game features that were essential and those that were distracting; playing strategies; and…

Contrasts the "fictions of teamwork" existing in educational settings with the characteristics of true colleagueship, focusing on how gender socialization encourages women educators in early childhood settings to remain silent. Addresses ethical responsibilities, perspectives on conflict and criticism, view of excellence, responses to…

Gender inclusiveness is studied by a content analysis of index citations on women and women's issues in 36 introductory sociology textbooks published between 1982 and 1988. Finding that the amount of information on women averages less than five percent of the total pages, Hall compares textbooks by their rankings on overall inclusiveness and…

Describes how professional communicators are involved in situations which implicate questions of civic and ethical responsibility. Argues that feminist scholarship is a powerful means of understanding these situations. Discusses such theoretical frameworks and areas needing further research. (HB)

A female outdoor educator who had recovered from anorexia nervosa reflects on the boundaries between her personal and professional identity as she anticipates taking on a research role in adventure-therapy programs. Gender issues in outdoor education are discussed in relation to women's body image and eating disorders. (SV)

Describes a study of gender and race data for 86 academic libraries in eight NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I conferences. Results show an increase in white women as deans, whereas women and men of color continue to have a small presence in top library management. (Author/LRW)