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Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E.; Commeyras, Michelle – Journal of Reading, 1994
Argues that textbook language influences classroom talk in both coercive and liberating ways. Offers an approach that helps teachers use that fact to get students thinking about texts' hidden messages, in particular regarding gender inequalities. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Females, Secondary Education
Lyon, Betsey – Chemecology, 1997
Discusses gender-equity issues in science and engineering classrooms. Emily Wadsworth, assistant director of Women in Engineering Programs at Purdue University, developed Classroom Climate Workshops to act out scenarios that highlight gender inequality and encourage females to remain in these disciplines. (AIM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consciousness Raising, Females, Gender Issues
Direct linkBigelow, Bill, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2004
With more than 180,000 copies in print, the first volume of "Rethinking Our Classrooms" broke new ground, providing teachers with hands-on ways to promote values of community, justice, and equality--and build students' academic skills. This companion volume continues in that tradition, presenting a rich new collection of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, United States History, School Culture, Females
