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ERIC Number: ED285992
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jun-30
Pages: 82
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Sex Equity Linkage and Coordination. Final Report from 7/1/86 to 6/30/87.
Shiver, Thrisha G.
The purpose of a project was to work toward the reduction of sex bias and sex-role stereotyping in vocational education programs in the technical and skill centers in Dade County, Florida. To accomplish this goal, vocational teachers, counselors, and students attended inservice workshops focusing on equity issues. The project provided resources and newsletters that vocational staff might use to encourage students to pursue courses and careers in nontraditional occupations. Further, assessment instruments were developed and used to assess the technical and skill centers' activities for promoting equity. As a result, vocational students expressed a high degree of receptivity to pursuing nontraditional programs and careers. It was also found that although the targeted populations (vocational centers) had not made a concerted effort to focus on equity, attention had been given to reducing sex bias and sex stereotyping in their schools. After receiving technical assistance from the Dade County Office of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education, each center developed an action plan to recruit and retain students into nontraditional programs. (The brief project report is followed by appendices, including sex equity workshop materials, a newsletter update, forms for developing a sex equity improvement plan, two brochures on nontraditional careers, a teacher inservice education component, and a project status report and management plan.) (KC)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education.
Authoring Institution: Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A