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Beneke, Abigail J. – Educational Researcher, 2022
Concern about harsh and inequitable discipline over the past two decades has galvanized a host of discipline reforms. These reforms have gained renewed attention in recent months as both the COVID-19 pandemic and mass uprisings against anti-Black violence have both bolstered calls to reimagine schools as caring spaces. This moment raises urgent…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Social Action, Caring
Schnackenberg, Heidi L., Ed.; Simard, Denise A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
This title is an "IGI Global Core Reference for 2019" as it is one of the best-selling reference books within the Education subject area in January 2019, providing trending and emerging research around how gender intersects with specific challenges, issues, and strategies within higher education. Edited by prominent IGI Global editors…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Community Colleges
Zhou, Molly Y., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Despite modern technology and the focus on international business striving to make the world a smaller place, many organizations still struggle with the need for diversity and multiculturalism. This issue is also present in academia, as women of color and those previously perceived to be in the ethnic minority continue the journey to become the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Gender Issues, Student Diversity, College Students
Gouthro, Patricia A. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This paper argues that while the Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning that was commissioned by NIACE makes some helpful recommendations for broadening the scope of lifelong learning to include considerations around well-being and happiness, the reports do not provide a sufficiently critical or philosophical analysis of the challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
Leonardo, Zeus – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
In educational policy theory orthodox Marxism is known for its commitment to objectivism or the science of history. Race analysis is developed in its ability to explain the subjective dimension of racial oppression. The two theories are often at odds with each other. This article is an attempt to create a theory by integrating Marxist objectivism…
Descriptors: Race, Political Attitudes, Integrity, Educational Policy
Pengilly, Joan Forssmark – 1996
This study examines the life and career of Julia Ann Sears, the first known female president of a public, coeducational institution of higher education in the United States. Sears, an educator from Massachusetts, served as president (principal) of the State Normal School at Mankato, Minnesota, from 1872-73 after teaching there for one year. At the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Females, Feminism
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O'Connor, Sorca M. – American Journal of Education, 1990
Reviews the rationale for the systematic involvement of government agencies in early childhood care and education programs. Discusses barriers to the development of a universal rationale, emphasizing the role of widespread popular and official ambivalence about the role of women outside the home. (FMW)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Feminism
Pollard, Diane S.; Avery, Maria-Paz Beltran – Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center Digest, 1992
This digest deals with the challenges of living in a pluralistic society. Comprised of three articles, the first (by Diane S. Pollard) is a discussion of the problems resulting from the fragmented effort of the equity movement, as many different groups working for equity in gender, race, class, and other concerns, have sought independence from…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships
Wellesley Coll., MA. Center for Research on Women. – 1984
This directory contains summaries of the experience in curriculum change of 26 consultants who work to transform the liberal arts curriculum through the incorporation of materials on women, along with the names, professional titles, and addresses of each. (DB)
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Females
McIntosh, Peggy, Comp.; And Others – 1985
This directory lists and describes projects at colleges and universities that are designed to integrate the work of feminist scholars into the higher education curriculum. The directory is designed to provide a support system among the coordinators of these programs by informing them of each other's existence and progress. The directory also is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Females, Feminism
Angione, Christine M.; And Others – 1990
This seminar summary focuses on the underrepresentation of women in educational administration in New York. Its proposed plan of action is comprised of four parts: (1) awareness; (2) access; (3) advancement; and (4) accountability. The first two sections outline the responsibilities of school districts, professional associations, higher education,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Feminism
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Bright, R. W.; Wright, J. M. C. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1986
The paper examines the cultural and economic aspects of the status and role of women in Australian culture and their affect on mothers of disabled children. Changes which incorporate the feminist perspective are recommended at the policy, regional/local, and individual service delivery levels. (DB)
Descriptors: Children, Community Services, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems
Status of Women Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
The 1992 edition of the fact sheets provides information on new and revised Canadian government programs and policies about the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women program that were adopted at the United Nations World Conference on Women in Kenya in 1985. This edition continues to address the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Employed Women, Females, Feminism
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Howden, Norman – Catholic Library World, 1987
Reports the results of a literature review and a survey of catalogers which were conducted to study the problem of the decline in quantity and quality of applications for entry-level cataloging jobs. Factors studied included: competition between types of library professionals, automation, library education, the women's movement, and library…
Descriptors: Competition, Employment Qualifications, Feminism, Graduates
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Tetreault, Mary Kay; Schmuck, Patricia – Issues in Education, 1985
Investigates fate of issue of gender in eight reform reports currently dominating discourse on educational reform. Found that gender is not relevant category in the analysis of excellence in schools and that the past decade of legislation, new scholarship on women, research, and action for sex equity has gone unheeded. Concludes that goal of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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