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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Women in education"”.
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Women in Education in North-West Donegal
This thesis analyses the contribution of women to educational development in the Irish-speaking parishes of north-west Donegal, 1831-1960. It analyses the agents of change during the period including teachers, parents and students, clergymen and nuns as well as the various commercial, …
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The role of women in education of the working classes - 1870-1904
Focusing upon the twenty-nine female members of the London School Board, this thesis examines the position of women Involved with the institution of elementary education in late-Victorian and Edwardian England. It is usually assumed that the responsibility for mass schooling mostly lay with men …
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Aboriginal women in education : Honouring our experiences a vision of access to and success within the university
This thesis explores Aboriginal women's access to and success within universities through an examination of Aboriginal women's educational narratives, along with input from key service providers from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community. Implemented through the Wildfire Research Method, …
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Margaret Roper and Mary Basset: The Influence of Christian Humanism on the Education of Thomas More's Daughter and Granddaughter
Margaret Roper's schooling reflected the standards of early sixteenth century English humanist views on education, while her daughter Mary Basset's education was a continuation of the pedagogical tradition that Margaret had been raised in. Through their education, both women found themselves in …
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An investigation into the place of women in black education as perceived by students who study extra-murally
Culture is man-made. Education is associated with man to imbue him into cultural norms; values and behaviour patterns. Educa¬tion in helping the young to becoming an adult is strongly in¬fluenced by the existing culture of a given people. Though formal western education is supposed to ignore sexual …
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African American Female Principals of Urban High Schools and Their Negotiation of Work and Family Conflicts
Women account for approximately 60 percent of all high school teachers, but account for barely 30 percent of the principals of these schools. When the data is disaggregated to only examine African American women in education, the disproportion widens between women and men in leadership. As the …
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The Impact of the Father/Daughter Relationship on Women in Educational Administrative Leadership Positions
… (1970), Helson (1971), and Hennig (1976) have indicated and demonstrated that a father's influence is critical to the development of skills in women who successfully obtained a position in business, medicine, and math, male dominated occupations. The public school teaching profession in the …
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A Study Of Issues And Problems Women Face In Attempting To Pursue Careers In Educational Administration In Kenya
<p>Problem</p> <p>In Kenya, the majority of women in education occupy classroom teaching positions. Educational officers, in their hiring practices, appear to overlook women as resources, thereby depriving the schools of the skills and talents of potentially capable leaders. Students are also …
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What Influences Qualified Women Administrators in Virginia to remain in Division Level Positions while others Pursue the Position of Superintendent? – A Qualitative Study
In education, women administrators are underrepresented in leadership positions, especially as superintendent. The study examined the following: characteristics and experiences of women superintendents to those of women administrators who aspire to be superintendent and to those women who have …
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Visual Representations of Gender in Engineering Trade Journals of Professional Societies During 1998-2012: A Content Analysis of Hierarchy and Stereotypes
Recruiting and retaining women in engineering have stagnated since the mid-1990's partially due to the marginalization of women in education and the workforce. This research analyzed the quality and quantity of representation of women and men in visual images of professional science and engineering …
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Role Models and Mentors : A Study of the Career Patterns of Women in Higher Education Administration
The problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the significance and influence of other persons on the lives and careers of women in higher education administration. The study included women employed in senior-level higher education administration in Iowa in the spring of 1981. Procedure. The …
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The Implications of Increased Female Representation on Iowa School Boards for Educational Policy Making
… board members, and from this comparison determine the implications of increased female membership for educational policy making. Procedures. A questionnaire was designed to secure information on the backgrounds, motivation for candidacy, governance styles and priorities of randomly selected …
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An exploration of female administrators' perceptions of their role: do the differences make a difference?
Recent Ontario legislation by the Ministry of Education has targeted a goal of 50 percent as the minimum objective for representation by women in positions of responsibility by the year 2000. As a result,those few women currently in the field of Educational Administration have become a focus for …
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South Asian females and technology education: A study of engagement and disengagement in Britain
… and disengagement of South Asian girls and women with technology education in Britain. The research arose out of the need to establish whether South Asian girls and women had been included in, and benefited from, the attempts to encourage more girls and women into the fields of science, …
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This Little Light of Mine: The History of The Amalgamated Nursery School
… small nursery school to analyze the factors that influenced the school: the labor unionists founders, the changing neighborhoods of the Bronx, the Progressive Education Movement and the Women's Leadership Movements that helped define and support the school. Recent policy changes have had impact on …
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The dynamics of female access to formal schooling among pastoralist communities in Kenya: a case of turkana district in northwestern Kenya
Abstract In the Kenyan government’s Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1965, entitled African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya, it was clearly stated that “Education must serve the needs of national development and prepare Kenya’s youth with the knowledge, skills, and the expertise required …