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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1997
One of the most important vehicles for promoting the concerns of the "girl child" and the elimination of gender bias is through education. Programs in population education are being funded all over the world and are a suitable and effective medium for integrating messages on the girl child. This two-volume publication deals with population…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1997
One of the most important vehicles for promoting the concerns of the "girl child" and the elimination of gender bias is through education, and since programs in population education are being funded all over the world, population education is a suitable and effective medium for integrating messages on the girl child. This two-volume publication…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education
Thom, Mary – 2001
This report presents strategies for ensuring full participation and achievement in the sciences by women and girls, calling upon all adults to support the interest and persistence of females in science, engineering, and technology. After two introductory special reports, "International Efforts through Beijing +5" and "Toward Equity…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Engineering Education
Cohen, Amy – 2000
The Water in Africa Project was realized over a 2-year period by a team of Peace Corps volunteers, World Wise Schools (WWS) classroom teachers, and WWS staff members. As part of an expanded, detailed design, resources were collected from over 90 volunteers serving in African countries, photos and stories were prepared, and standards-based learning…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations, Females
Grieshaber, Susan, Ed.; Cannella, Gaile S., Ed. – 2001
Drawing on the work of early childhood teachers and teacher educators, this volume provides examples of creative ways in which practitioners and theorists are rethinking their work. Grounded in principles of equity, difference, and the recognition of racial, ethnic, and sexual diversity, the book provides a range of thinking, theorizing, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Pluralism, Day Care, Diversity (Faculty)
Egemba, Maria Olivia; Crawford, James R. – 2003
This study examined factors associated with Hispanic students' high dropout rates, considering not only demographic factors but also the role of family background, early school experiences, and social influences in the high Hispanic student dropout rate. Data came from students in the High School and Beyond (HS&B) longitudinal study of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
Mesthrie, Rajend, Ed. – 2002
This collection of 24 papers focuses on language and society in South Africa. Part 1, "The Main Language Groupings," includes (1) "South Africa: A Sociolinguistic Overview" (R. Mesthrie); (2) "The Khoesan Languages" (A. Traill); (3) "The Bantu Languages: Sociohistorical Perspectives" (Robert K. Herbert and…
Descriptors: African Languages, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Roffman, Deborah M. – 2001
Children who grow up in an atmosphere of openness about sexuality grow up more slowly and more responsibly. This book offers parents a new framework for talking honestly about sex and sexuality with their children. The first part of the book examines new ways of thinking and talking, while the second part addresses concrete ways of raising…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Children
Schafer, Sylvia; Wiesner, Merry E. – 1997
This essay examines the ways in which European history, as a discipline, has been influenced by feminist scholarship in the field and by research on gender and sexuality. It explains that historians continue to challenge assumptions that have long obscured women's places in the economic, social, and political histories of Europe, especially in…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Culture, European History
Monk, Janice – 1997
This essay examines the ways in which geography, as a discipline, has been influenced by feminist scholarship in the field. It explains that early feminist critiques of the discipline examined the extent to which geography had overwhelmingly dealt with the lives of men and the ways in which its theories, methods, and content reflected men's…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Culture, Ethnicity
Hewitt, Nancy A. – 1997
This essay examines the ways in which U.S. history, as a discipline, has been influenced by feminist scholarship in the field and by research on gender and sexuality. It notes that the recognition that gender matters revolutionized the thinking of scholars who forged the field of women's history. Feminist scholars have expanded the definition of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Females, Feminism
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Griffin, Colin – History of Education, 2002
Discusses education issues in 1840-1870 for children of coalfield workers. Focuses on the Leicestershire and Derbyshire (England) coalfield children. Describes gender education strategies, mining legislation that considered youth as a labor source, and coalmine owners' goal to produce an educated workforce. States education had positive effects on…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Coal, Education Work Relationship, Educational History
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Kung, Shiao-Chuan – Educational Media International, 2002
Discusses results of a survey of distance learning students at a technical college in Taiwan that explored the attitudes they have toward selecting distance learning classes. Describes hypotheses tested and discusses gender differences; interest in the subject matter; time flexibility; reputation of teachers and schools; costs; and students who…
Descriptors: Costs, Course Selection (Students), Decision Making, Distance Education
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Ruble, Diane N.; Martin, Carol Lynn – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Identifies contributions of Liben and Bigler's studies to gender development related to measuring self and other sex typing, developing a theoretical account of the self-other relation, and incorporating individual differences. Raises questions about measures used and interpretations of the findings. Suggests issues for future research:…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
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Cooper, Joel; Stone, Jeff – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Examines the effects of group gender composition and the use of nonverbal computer mediated communication on performance and motivation following a biology lesson which used a computer image of a human face. Subjects were boys and girls ages 10 to 15. Findings indicate that anxiety had opposite effects for boys and girls when the computer-animated…
Descriptors: Animation, Biology, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction
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