Gender Equity in Schools: Beyond Sugar and Spice.

Beck, Irene

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ERIC Number: EJ507563

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Gender Equity in Schools: Beyond Sugar and Spice.

Beck, Irene

PTA Today, v20 n3 p11-13 Jan-Feb 1995

This article examines gender bias in the school, describing the role of parents and teachers in fostering the bias, often unintentionally. The effects of the inequity are discussed and solutions for combatting gender bias are presented. (SM)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Responsibility, School Responsibility, Secondary School Students, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Parents; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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