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Showing 1 to 20 of 166 for “"Gender Equity"”.
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EDUCATORS FOR GENDER EQUITY: PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY IN AN INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
… persist between girls and boys as the result of gender inequities in schools (Sadker and Sadker, 1994). In this participatory action research (PAR) project, I investigated how educators and educational leaders promote gender equity in an international elementary school. The project took place in …
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Gender Equity in Science Education
… of current literature published concerning gender inequality in K-12 science instruction. The existing literature suggests that the competitive nature of traditional science classrooms and the view of science as a male field of study inhibit female scientific performance.</p> <p>In an effort …
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Gender Equity Agents: The Role of Morality and Social Influence on Individuals’ Promotion of Gender Equity at Work
Achieving gender equity remains a paramount concern for many organisations and individuals. While extensive research has explored the role of organisations in promoting gender equity (e.g., HR diversity practices), relatively less is known regarding individual efforts in doing so (e.g., allies and …
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Resource Allocation and Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Esports
… to intercollegiate esports programs and gender equity. Gender equity is a known issue in the esports community at all levels, including intercollegiate competitions. For higher education institutions, it is important to understand and address gender equity issues because colleges and …
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Gender equity in coeducational physical education : myth or reality
… physical education programs are not exemplars of equity, and girls' physical education experiences, fraught with unequal opportunities, attention and success, are potentially restrictive and oppressive. Specifically, this study provides an analysis of the socialization process and its effects on …
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Gender Equity Within Faculty Salaries at Southwest Missouri State University
… was to assess the amount of unique variance that gender accounts for in predicting faculty salaries at Southwest Missouri State University. The predictor variables included were gender, rank, time in rank, department, years at SMSU, award of tenure, administrative appointment (department head, …
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Gender equity and business leadership in the South African Mining sector
… has the potential to rectify some of the gender equity issues by creating business leadership opportunities for women. This study therefore explores ways to achieve this gender equality in South Africa's mining industry by identifying ways of empowering women in the business of mining. The …
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Funding Female Features: Crowdfunding for Gender Equity in the Film Industry
The U.S. feature film industry as a gendered organization, in which networks bound by race, gender, class and overt heterosexuality tend to exclude members of other groups. Hollywood filmmaking is a production process with high uncertainty about how to produce hits, resulting in discretion given to …
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How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?
… to critically examine the integration of gender equity within such nature-based solutions. I make two interrelated arguments using a qualitative methodology and an intensive case study of three projects in Ghana. First, I argue that women’s participation in nature-based solutions is …
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Gender Equity in High School World History Curriculum Support for a Balanced Perspective
… the reasons for and issues with providing a gender balanced view of history in order to lead to a more well rounded illustration of history; 2) demonstrate how this can be done in a regular World History Survey Course and an Elective Women’s History Course.</p> <p>With the Passage of Title …
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Exploring the Use of a Gender Equity Lens in Local Government Recreation Policies
… a local government recreation department applies gender equity in its policies. Relying on Merriam’s (2009) case study approach and the Advocacy Coalition Framework developed by Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith (1988) and adapted by Jenkins-Smith, Nohrstedt, Weible, and Sabatier (2014), the perspectives …
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Gender Equity in Physics Education: Framing the Future of Physics Education Research in Canada
… research (PER) in Canada is addressing issues of gender inequity in physics education, and to develop an expert knowledge-based framework to guide Canada’s ongoing PER to increase gender equity in physics education. Three separate but related research phases were designed to achieve this purpose …
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Upholding Gender Equity: Title IX Coordinators' Experiences Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Postsecondary Students
… in advocating for PPS rights and advancing gender equity in education. These insights offer valuable guidance for strengthening institutional practices that promote PPS retention and degree completion.
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The Glass Ceiling is Not Broken: Gender Equity Issues among Faculty in Higher Education
<p>Gender discrimination is an ongoing topic, including discrimination that occurs in higher education. Previous studies have shown female faculty experience a variety of workplace discrimination including sexual harassment/bullying, salary disparities, and lack of worklife balance. This …
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Gender equity in physical education: an examination of gender-biased communication and teacher behaviors
… education remains a male-dominated terrain where gender biases are reproduced and typically unchallenged (Colwell, 1999; Klomsten, Marsh, & Skaalvik, 2005; Messner, 1988, 1990; Scranton, 1990). Under the lens of critical feminist theory, this investigation examined the language and behaviors …
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Fertility attitudes and behavior: the effects of gender equity on fertility in South Korea
This dissertation examines the roles of gender equity and family in shaping lowest-low fertility. Although low fertility is a heated topic in most advanced societies, conventional approaches to low fertility, such as the second demographic transition theory, have predominantly focused on low …
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