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ERIC Number: EJ536805
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Women's History in Secondary Education. Research Review.
Farivar, Sydney
Social Studies Review, v35 n3 p51-56 Spr-Sum 1996
Summarizes a research project conducted in the Netherlands that examined the effect studying women's history had on the gender identity of girls. The instruction increased girls' knowledge of equal opportunity issues and of the representation of women in history. Knowledge of the social construction of gender remained limited. (MJP)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Consciousness Raising, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Research, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, History, History Instruction, Humanistic Education, Role of Education, Secondary Education, Self Concept, Sex Stereotypes, Student Reaction, Womens Education, Womens History, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Netherlands