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Virtanen, Sonja; Räikkönen, Eija; Ikonen, Pasi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
Because of a deeply gendered history of craft education in Finland, technology education has a strong gender-related dependence. In order to motivate girls into pursuing technological studies and to enable them to see their own potential in technology, gender sensitive approaches should be developed in technology education. This study explores…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Technology Education, Student Motivation, Elementary School Students
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Levy, Gary D.; Sadovsky, Adrienne L.; Troseth, Georgene L. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2000
Investigated young children's perceived competencies of men and women in gender-typed occupations, perceptions about how much money they earn in gender-typed occupations, and affective reactions regarding growing up to have gender-typed occupations. Children perceived differential competencies of men and women regarding gender-typed occupations…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Deniz, Kaan Zülfikar – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem statement: Interest can be defined as "when an individual pays attention to an object without special effort, maintains her/his attention for a long time, and is aware of and transforms this attentiveness into a response and an attitude." Vocational interests indicate an individual's feelings about employment, courses of study,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Aspiration, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Tomazic, Iztok – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2011
Snakes are controversial animals emblazoned by legends, but also endangered as a result of human prejudice and fear. The author investigated gender and age-related differences in attitudes to and knowledge of snakes comparing samples of school children and pre-service teachers. It was found that although pre-service teachers had better knowledge…
Descriptors: Animals, Student Attitudes, Fear, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Nishioka, Vicki; Coe, Michael; Burke, Art; Hanita, Makota; Sprague, Jeffrey – Regional Educational Laboratory at Education Northwest, 2011
This secondary analysis of survey data from a voluntary sample of 11,561 grade 3-8 students examines the prevalence and distribution of aggression, victimization, and approval of aggression, both overt (verbally and physically aggressive behavior intended to threaten or harm) and relational (behavior intended to harm someone's relationships with…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Elementary School Students
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Nishioka, Vicki; Coe, Michael; Burke, Art; Hanita, Makota; Sprague, Jeffrey – Regional Educational Laboratory at Education Northwest, 2011
This secondary analysis of survey data from a voluntary sample of 11,561 grade 3-8 students examines the prevalence and distribution of aggression, victimization, and approval of aggression, both overt (verbally and physically aggressive behavior intended to threaten or harm) and relational (behavior intended to harm someone's relationships with…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Elementary School Students