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Košir, Suzana; Lakshminarayanan, Radhika – Gender and Education, 2023
India presents a heterogeneous socio-economic ethos, rooted within structures of patriarchy and caste, rendering any transformation of traditional gender roles, increasingly challenging. Gender socialisation begins in childhood and is assimilated through schools. Students imbibe gender concepts through textbooks and classroom experiences, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Social Sciences
Barker, Analise; Galliher, Renee V. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This study explored the connections between gender socialisation, cultural programming related to sexuality, and the sexual assault experiences of young women. We examined how young women's sexual assault experiences, and their subsequent adjustment to these, are influenced by religion, conservative values, faith and spirituality. Fourteen sexual…
Descriptors: Rape, Socialization, Gender Differences, Cultural Influences
Foroutan, Yaghoob – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
This article focuses on the process of gender identity construction through the educational system from a socio-cultural perspective. Socialisation operates as a strategy to protect social unity and group superiority. Although socialisation is an enduring process involving various institutions, childhood is a vital period of gender socialisation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Content Analysis, Elementary School Students
Teise, Kevin; Groenewald, Emma; Mpisi, Anthony – Africa Education Review, 2020
Since South Africa's transition to democracy, numerous policies have been enacted to address gender oppression. Taking its cue from the country's constitution, these policies and acts, such as the Higher Education Act (1997), aim, in particular, to promote social justice by addressing gender imbalances in society. Likewise, the vision of Sol…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Teaching Methods, Consciousness Raising, Socialization
Maadad, Nina; Yu, Marizon – Education and Society, 2022
This article explores the education experiences of Syrian and Iraqi refugee children, specifically girls, enrolled in high schools in Australia, Lebanon and Sweden. Symbolic interactionism frames the analysis of in-depth interviews, demonstrating the adolescent girls' ability to take perspectives on their home environment, school, community and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Females, High School Students
Aljuaid, Alanoud – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a workforce shortage and a huge gender disparity in the cybersecurity profession globally and Saudi Arabia. Enabling women to access these opportunities involves bolstering training and implementing reforms to give women the go-ahead to access these opportunities. With only a paltry 5% of women being in cybersecurity in the Middle East…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Computer Security, Information Security
Miyajima, Tomomi – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This study explores gender inequality in the occupational culture of Japanese high school teachers with special focus on women teachers' resistance to gender-biased practices. It examines the effectiveness of official and informal teacher training programmes in raising awareness of gender issues. Through an ethnographic case study conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Work Environment, Organizational Culture
Lee-Thomas, Kerrin; Sumsion, Jennifer; Roberts, Susan – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
Despite considerable examination of gender and gender equity within early childhood education, gender inequity remains problematic in many early childhood settings. Using qualitative methods, the study reported in this article investigated four early childhood teachers' understandings about gender and their commitment to promoting gender equity.…
Descriptors: Feminism, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Sex Fairness
Jha, Jyotsna, Kelleher, Fatimah – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement--both in terms of participation and performance--has also become an issue in a number of countries. This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Case Studies