This paper looks at the Teacher Education Equity Project, which was designed to bring gender equity to teacher education. Carried out from 1993 to 1996, the project worked with 61 teachers in 27 states who taught methods courses in mathematics, science, and technology to help them teach their preservice students about gender equity. The project…

To ensure that future generations of girls as well as boys fulfill their potential without restriction, it is important that gender equity be taught in teacher education programs as a matter of course. Gender equity is defined as the set of behaviors and knowledge that permits educators to recognize inequality in educational opportunities, to…

In week-long semesters in the summers of 1997, 1998, and 1999, the 6APT (Summer Institute in Computer Science for Advanced Placement Teachers) project taught 240 high school teachers of Advanced Placement Computer Science (APCS) about gender equity in computers. Teachers were then followed through 2000. Results indicated that while teachers, did…

Thirty years after the advent of the modern women's movement, women are still underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics. This paper presents statistical snapshots--facts--of the situation for girls and women in education and employment, and discusses what makes these facts problems for our society. The paper suggests…

Notes that gender equity needs to be taught in teacher education programs. Discusses gender-based attitudes, curriculum, classroom climate and harassment, and schools' of education administrative modeling. Points to reform efforts being made to teach gender equity in teacher education programs and the recent development of related materials,…

Argues that sex equity issues should be a standard part of the university-based teacher education programs. (Contains 13 references.) (PKP)

Oppression of African American people includes racism, sexism, and classism. Oppression is understood as a process that infuses prejudice with power. This power is then used to limit or hinder access to societal rights from those identified as lacking power. Advocacy is a process that defuses prejudice and attempts to redefine power by…

The purpose of this article is to provide a conceptual context useful for focusing on the missing information on development and resiliency of African American girls. It is a clarion call for additional research in the area of development investigating a relationship between gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and racial socialization practices…

This paper describes a national project concerning gender equity in teacher education in mathematics, science, and technology. Using a model of external mentors and on-site teams, the Teacher Education Mentor Program (TEMP) worked with seven universities to facilitate the inclusion of gender equity in individual college courses and in college of…

Reports a study of how instructors in methods classes in mathematics, science, and technology addressed issues of gender equity. A national survey of teacher educators examined their attitudes toward, participation in, and satisfaction with their teaching about gender equity. Results indicated that the teacher educators were interested but…

Describes a national project concerning gender equity in teacher education in mathematics, science, and technology. Results indicate greater degrees of institutional change and self-reported individual change than changes in syllabi. (Author/MM)

This volume for instructors contains general information about gender equity in mathematics, science, and technology (MST) education, teaching activities, learning assessment materials, and suggestions for action research projects to be carried out for students. The second volume for students contains source materials for use with various…

This volume for students developed by the Teacher Education Equity Project, which worked with 61 teacher educators over 3 years, contains source materials about gender equity for use with various activities, as well as bibliographic and other resource listings. Volume 1, designed for teacher educators, presents activities educators can use with…

Authors argue that college counselors need to consider culturally appropriate adaptations of traditional counseling. They describe a counseling intervention for African American female college students and present a case study to illustrate the effectiveness of this counseling strategy. (Contains 10 references.) (Author)

Describes the Teacher Education Equity Project (TEEP) and how it was conducted. Addresses gender equity issues by working with professors to infuse gender equity into methods courses for new teachers in science, mathematics, and technology. Contains 19 references. (DDR)