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Sex role stereotyping in the schools / by Weiner, Elizabeth Hirzler.(CARDINAL)147668;
Bibliography: pages 116-120.
Subjects: Sex differences in education.; Sex role.; Gender roles.;
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Gender play : girls and boys in school / by Thorne, Barrie.(CARDINAL)157890;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.Children and gender -- Learning from kids -- Boys and girls together, but mostly apart -- Gender separation: why and how -- Creating a sense of "opposite sides" -- Do girls and boys have different cultures? -- Crossing the gender divide -- Lip gloss and "goin' with": becoming teens -- Lessons for adults.You see it in every schoolyard: the girls play only with girls, the boys play only with boys. Why? And what do the kids think about this? Breaking with familiar conventions for thinking about children and gender, Gender Play develops fresh insights into the everyday social worlds of kids in elementary schools in the United States. Barrie Thorne draws on her daily observations in the classroom and on the playground to show how children construct and experience gender in school. With rich detail, she looks at the "play of gender" in the organization of groups of kids and activities - activities such as "chase-and-kiss," "cooties," "goin' with," and teasing. Thorne observes children in schools in working-class communities, emphasizing the experiences of fourth and fifth graders. Most of the children she observed were white, but a sizable minority were Latino, Chicano, or African American. Thorne argues that the organization and meaning of gender are influenced by age, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and social class, and that they shift with social context. She sees gender identity not through the lens of individual socialization or difference, but rather as a social process involving groups of children. Thorne takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery, provides new insights about children, and offers teachers practical suggestions for increasing cooperative mixed-gender interaction.1430L
Subjects: Sex differences in education;
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Sex differences and discrimination in education / by Anderson, Scarvia B.(CARDINAL)137716;
Bibliography: pages 106-112.I. Sex differences : 1. What kind of difference does sex make? / Samuel Messick : The nature of sex differences ; Determinants of sex differences ; The future of sex differences : Differences in value ; The value of differences -- 2. Sex differences in intellectual functioning / Eleanor E. Maccoby : Correlations between intellectual performance and personality characteristics : Impulse control ; Fearfulness and anxiety ; Aggression and competitiveness ; Level of aspiration and achievement motivation ; Sex-typing ; Dependency, passivity, and independence. Possible casual factors of sex differences in intellectual abilities : Developmental timetable ; Direct effects of sex-typed interests ; Opportunities to learn ; "Identification" and modeling ; Sex-typed personality traits as mediating processes. Genetic versus environmental contributions -- II. Schools and preschools : 3. He only does it to annoy / Marshall P. Smith : Differences start at or before birth ; The girls are ready for the school ; The school is the way the children see it ; Upper grades - more of the same ; Girls get the A's but the boys grow ; What way out? -- 4. "Look, Jane, look! See Dick run and jump! Admire him!" / Karen DeCrow : Textbook content and women ; Social studies content ; Reading about differences ; Women in literature -- 5. Are little girls being harmed by "Sesame Street"? / Jane Bergman : Puppets and cartoons ; Films ; "Real" people ; Perpetuation of stereotypes -- 6. Down the up staircase: sex roles, professionalization, and the status of teachers / Barbara Heyns : Status of teachers ; Historical background ; Sex roles in teaching ; Salaries ; Teacher organizations -- III. Higher education : 7. Some dilemmas of women's education / David Riesman : Minority status : Solidarity among women. The "male" mode : Reactions to the "male models. Women, careers, and marriage ; What educational institutions can do ; Security for the men ; Still a man's world ; Women in sciences ; A look at other societies -- 8. The effect of race and sex on college admission / Elain Walster, T. Anne Cleary, and Margaret M. Clifford : Procedure ; Independent variables ; Dependent variables ; Results ; Analysis of additional variables -- 9. Coeducation -- 10. How coeducation fails women / Sheila Tobias : Fear of success ; Passivity and dependence ; Inferiority ; Countering the culture ; Women's studies -- 11. A myth is better than a miss: men get the edge in academic employment / Lawrence A. Simpson -- 12. Women in universities / Ethel Bent Walsh : Discrimination in admissions ; Discrimination in employment ; The role of government -- 13. Comment: "education's and not nature's fools," / Scarvia B. Anderson.
Subjects: Discrimination in education; Sex.;
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Boys adrift : the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men / by Sax, LeonardAuthor(DLC)n 2004109094;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-331) and index.Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A's, her brother Justin is goofing off. He's more concerned about getting to the next level in his videogame than about finishing his homework. In Boys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys. He also presents practical solutions, sharing strategies which educators have found effective in re-engaging these boys at school, as well as handy tips for parents about everything from homework, to videogames, to medication.
Subjects: Boys; Young men; Motivation in education.; Sex differences in education;
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Boys adrift : five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men / by Sax, Leonard.(CARDINAL)469125;
Includes bibliographical references.The riddle -- The first factor : changes at school -- The second factor : video games -- The third factor : medications for ADHD -- The fourth factor : endocrine disruptors -- End result : failure to launch -- The fifth factor : the revenge of the forsaken gods -- Detox.
Subjects: Boys; Motivation in education.; Sex differences in education.; Young men; Boys.;
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Boys adrift : the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men / by Sax, Leonard.(CARDINAL)469125;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-260) and index.The riddle -- The first factor : changes at school -- The second factor : video games -- The third factor : medications for ADHD -- The fourth factor : endocrine disruptors -- End result : failure to launch -- The fifth factor : the revenge of the forsaken gods -- Detox.
Subjects: Boys; Motivation in education.; Sex differences in education.; Young men; Boys.;
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Boys adrift : the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men / by Sax, Leonard.(CARDINAL)469125;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index.The riddle -- The first factor : changes at school -- The second factor : video games -- The third factor : medications for ADHD -- The fourth factor : endocrine disruptors -- End result : failure to launch -- The fifth factor : the revenge of the forsaken gods -- Detox -- Afterword to the paperback edition.Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, they are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. As for young men, it turns out the film Failure to launch is not far from the truth. Fully one-third of men ages 22-34 are still living at home with their parents--about a 100 percent increase in the past twenty years. Boys nationwide are increasingly dropping out of school; fewer are going to college; and for the first time in American history, women are outnumbering men at undergraduate institutions three to two. Parents, teachers, and mental health professionals are worried about boys. But until now, no one has come up with good reasons for their decline--and, more important, with workable solutions to reverse this troubling trend. Now, family physician and research psychologist Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on his vast clinical experience to propose an entirely original view of why boys and young men are failing in school and at home. He argues that a combination of social, cultural, and biological factors is creating an environment that is literally toxic to boys, ranging from environmental estrogens to the over-prescription of ADHD drugs. And he presents practical solutions--from new ways of controlling boys' use of video games, to innovative (and workable) education reforms.
Subjects: Boys; Young men; Motivation in education.; Sex differences in education.; Boys.;
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Wired to move : facts and strategies for nurturing boys in an early childhood setting / by Morhard, Ruth Hanford.(CARDINAL)403967;
Subjects: Boys; Sex differences in education.; Boys.;
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Sex bias in the schools : the research evidence / by Pottker, Janice.(CARDINAL)189895; Fishel, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Sex differences in education.; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
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When children don't learn : understanding the biology and psychology of learning disabilities / by McGuinness, Diane.(CARDINAL)745755;
Bibliography: pages 277-295.
Subjects: Learning disabilities.; Remedial teaching.; Sex differences in education.;
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