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Velasco, Esther – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
Gender-equity goals in Cambodia are intimately linked with socio-economic and cultural biases that are embedded in the very system of education and in the society as a whole. There are, however, strong indicators that the vicious cycle in Cambodia's education system could be broken, and here the commitment of key stakeholders and partnership modes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Involvement, Teacher Salaries, Sex Fairness
Creaser, Barbara; Dau, Elizabeth – 1995
This book on an anti-bias approach to early childhood education addresses aspects of diversity such as gender, race, and language within Australian society and provides strategies for working with families and staff to challenge existing attitudes and practices. Key features of the book include case studies showing anti-bias principles in action,…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences
Golombok, Susan; Fivush, Robyn – 1994
In spite of the loosening ties between reproductive and social roles, the worlds of men and women and boys and girls, are clearly not the same. There is much more to being female or male than the potential to mother or father a child. Gender development does not simply depend on children's relationship with their parents: it results from a complex…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
Lasonen, Lahja Johanna – 1995
Although commitment to equal opportunities in employment has been a major component of European Community legislation and although increasing numbers of European women are entering professions, women throughout Europe still face many barriers to advancing in their professions. Since the early 1970s, European governments including Finland have…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Case Studies, Counselor Role
Pennock-Roman, Maria – 1988
This review of research studies focused on differences between Hispanic-American and White, non-Hispanic groups on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Questions studied were the factors associated with ethnic group mean differences on the SAT; the types of item format or content found differentially easier or more difficult for Hispanics; the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Baker, Colin – 1996
The textbook for training bilingual education teachers addresses psychological and social questions that enable teachers to define more clearly what they want to do in a classroom, and offers theoretical and practical information for a variety of social contexts. The first section addresses individualism and the social nature of bilingualism, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context
Flaim, Richard F., Ed.; Reynolds, Edwin W., Jr., Ed. – 1983
Designed to facilitate teacher development of a secondary unit on the Holocaust and genocide, this multidisciplinary curriculum guide provides a wide variety of classroom-tested objectives, learning activities, and materials. The guide is organized into six units which may be taught in sequence or used in part as supplementary materials: the…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Antisocial Behavior, Art, Bias
Balajthy, Ernest – 1987
Judge Thomas Hull's October 1986 decision in the "Mozert et al. versus Hawkins County Public Schools" provoked concern from a number of educators who felt that the plaintiffs, several Fundamentalist parents, who were favored in the decision, were attempting to force their religious principles on non-Fundamentalists. Judge Hull's…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Basal Reading, Bias, Censorship
Tisher, Richard P., Ed. – 1987
A diversity of themes are addressed in the papers presented in this document; they include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues. The papers focus on such topics as: (1) problem solving; (2) cognition; (3) the learning environment; (4) energy education; (5) the use of diagrams; (6) scientific methodology; (7)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Elementary School Science
Phelps, William R. – 1980
In 1979 the National Research Council established a panel to study testing of handicapped people for selection and placement purposes in educational and employment settings. The study involved the review of relevant literature, solicitation of pertinent information from organizations representing handicapped persons and from professionals involved…
Descriptors: Blindness, Change Strategies, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Jolly, Sue, Comp.; Forrester, Jeanne, Comp. – 1981
This manual is designed to teach teachers how to incorporate sex fair practices in their vocational education classrooms. The manual contains three sections. The first section, A Look at Where We Are, contains seven activities for teacher self-assessment of attitudes toward sex roles and sex fairness and a paradigm for assessing influencing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Environment
Hammond, D. Rosalind, Ed; Garcia, Jesus, Ed. – 1985
Resources to help K-12 social studies teachers lessen the problem of prejudice in the classroom are provided in this teaching guide. A rationale for prejudice reduction is presented. An overview of prejudice research is then provided. Most of this research indicates that prejudice is quite prevalent in society but that under certain conditions it…
Descriptors: Activism, Age Discrimination, American Indians, Attitude Change
Garcia, Ricardo L. – 1978
The purpose of multiethnic education is to prepare all students to live harmoniously in a multiethnic society. Multiethnic education pursues these goals by reflecting ethnic diversity in the curriculum, dealing directly with ethnic group similarities and differences, and helping students understand their uniqueness in a pluralistic milieu.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Bias, Blacks
Turnbull, William W. – 1977
Extensive public concern about the deficiency in basic skills confirmed by a decline in standardized test scores and widespread implementation of a variety of state and local improvement programs indicates an urgent need for national attention to this timely issue. However, a federal testing program or federally-imposed performance standards are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Shocklee, Georgia – 1981
This publication contains five teaching units for implementing sex equity into vocational education. The units, prepared for preservice or inservice teacher education courses, can be adapted to various teacher situations. Units cover sex equity legislation and definitions; facts and figures about women in the workforce; methods of recruiting male…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Employment Patterns, Equal Education, Federal Legislation