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ERIC Number: EJ525474
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-0253
"Workin' with the Boys": A North American Perspective on Non-traditional Work Initiatives for Adolescent Females in Secondary Schools.
McKinnon, Margaret; Ahola-Sidaway, Janice
Gender and Education, v7 n3 p327-39 Oct 1995
Highlights, from a critical-feminist perspective, challenges facing women in North America who enter nontraditional work settings through secondary school work education. Occupational niching and physical and social constraints are explored, and suggestions are made for curriculum reform. The proposed pedagogical agenda focuses on enhancing student response to challenges. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Females, Feminism, Nontraditional Occupations, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: North America
Note: Research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Strategic Grants Program, Women and Change, Grant Number 1200307.