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ERIC Number: EJ637255
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-2175
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External Barriers Experienced by Gifted and Talented Girls and Women.
Reis, Sally M.
Gifted Child Today, v24 n4 p26-35,65 Fall 2001
This article discusses current statistics about women and work and external barriers to achievement. Barriers include parental influences, media stereotypes, stereotyping in school, sexism in colleges and universities, and the burden of responsibilities females shoulder at home. Recommendations to help gifted girls address external barriers are provided. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Family Influence, Females, Gifted, Mass Media Effects, Parent Role, Sex Stereotypes, Teacher Role, Underachievement
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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