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Sanders, Jo – 1994
From 1990 to 1993, 200 educators, primarily classroom teachers of computers, mathematics, and science, participated in the Computer Equity Expert Project. After a seminar on gender equity in these fields, the educators returned to their schools and taught workshops to their colleagues. Together, workshop participants and their colleagues developed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Computer Attitudes, Educational Practices
Sanders, Jo – 2000
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…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewed
Sanders, Jo – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 1997
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,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Sex Bias
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes causes of the gender gap in the use of computers in school programs. Provides seven suggestions for policy enactment by school boards to address the problems of sex equity in school computer use. (MD)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Computer Literacy, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – Computing Teacher, 1985
Summarizes findings of Computer Equity Training Project studies concerning female presence in computer magazines; home computer use variability by sex; student software evaluation; and influence on computer use of teacher gender, gender of other computer users, and work environment. Successful classroom computer equity approaches based on these…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Education
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – Computing Teacher, 1984
Reviews results of several studies on extent of sex discrepancy in microcomputer interest and usage in students, discusses possible occupational and economic effects when students enter the job market, and lists 29 possible explanations for observed differences in microcomputer usage by junior high school girls and boys. (MBR)
Descriptors: Advertising, Computer Literacy, Educational Environment, Equal Education
Peer reviewed
Sanders, Jo; Campbell, Patricia B.; Steinbrueck, Karin – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 1997
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)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Strategies, Equal Education, Higher Education