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Gülay Ogelman, Hülya; Önder, Alev – Early Child Development and Care, 2021

The primary objective of this study is to determine the predictive effect of emotional regulation strategies of 5-6-year-old children on their levels of resiliency. The sample group of the study consisted of 77 5-6-year-old children (38 (49.4%) girls; 39 (50.6%) boys) receiving education at kindergartens in Turkey. The data required for the study…

Descriptors: Self Control, Resilience (Psychology), Self Concept, Kindergarten

Zimba, Roderick F. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2015

An analysis of the 2012 grade 10 and grade 12 Namibian examination data indicate that girls received higher grades than boys across the then 13 education regions (Educational Management Information System, EMIS, 2012). University of Namibia graduation statistics for the period of 2002 to 2012 revealed that the institution consistently produced…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Secondary School Students, Grade 10

Gülay Ogelman, Hülya; Fetihi, Leyla – Early Child Development and Care, 2021

The primary objective of this study is to determine the predictive effect of emotional regulation strategies of 5-year-old children on their peer relationships. The sample group of the study consisted of 95 children aged 5 years (49 (51.6%) girls; 46 (48.4%) boys) receiving education at kindergartens in Turkey. The data required for the study were…

Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Peer Relationship, Young Children

Preston, Teresa – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018

This exploration of the “Phi Delta Kappan” archives shows the magazine’s long history of addressing issues of sex and gender in schools. Past articles have covered the professional roles of men and women, the education needs of boys and girls, sex education programs, and the treatment of LGBTQ+ teachers and students. The magazine’s…

Descriptors: Periodicals, Gender Differences, Sexual Identity, Professional Identity

Gannon, Susanne – Gender and Education, 2016

Almost 20 years ago the Australian government released “Gender Equity: A Framework for Australian Schools” (1997). It was adopted by all states but almost immediately disappeared from sight after a conservative change of government. This was followed by the dismantling of gender equity units in each state, and a turn to boys’ education…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Gender Issues, School Policy

Woodson, Lorenzo Adrian – ProQuest LLC, 2017

Past research has revealed that African American/Black boys are referred for special education evaluation at disproportionately higher rates than boys of other racial/ethnic groups. This correlational study used survey methodology to examine whether student and teacher demographic variables predicted how likely a teacher would refer boy students…

Descriptors: Referral, Special Education, Race, Ethnicity

Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014

Fields from political science to critical education policy studies have long explored power relations in policy processes, showing who influences policy agendas, policy creation, and policy implementation. Yet showing particular actors’ influence on specific points in a policy text remains a methodological challenge. This article presents a…

Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Public Policy, Influences, Politics of Education

Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010

Advocates for boys’ education have forwarded numerous “fixes” for boys’ supposed educational woes, including both academic and non-academic programs and strategies. This article focuses on the lesser-discussed non-academic, extra-curricular means suggested, specifically outdoor education. Using qualitative analysis of an Australian…

Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Males

Gibson, Lenwood – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2022

The disproportionate, over-representation of Black boys in special education continues to be a matter of social injustice and inequity in education. Many Black students are placed in special education due to subjective identification processes. This is especially true when it comes to classifications such as Emotional Behavior Disorders (EBD).…

Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, African American Students, Special Education, Social Justice

Guadalupe, Tasha; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019

A limited amount of research indicates that when teachers purposefully invite students to negotiate the physical education curriculum, students have a more equitable experience. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of purposefully negotiating the curriculum on one boys’ physical education class. A second purpose was to…

Descriptors: Males, Middle School Students, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers

Goodkind, Sara; Bay-Cheng, Laina – Youth & Society, 2021

Drawing on participatory research in a high school implementing single-sex classes, this article demonstrates how single-sex education masks racialized economic inequality by framing low academic achievement among low-income youth of color as a function of gender, thereby scapegoating girls for a supposed “boy crisis” in education. We…

Descriptors: High School Students, Single Sex Classes, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students

Nelson, Joseph Derrick – New Educator, 2020

In this essay, I offer relationship-building as central to teaching and learning in early-childhood contexts. With a distinct focus on historically marginalized students in United States education, particularly Black boys during childhood, I draw on personal experiences and my own position as teacher-researcher to center Black boys’ humanity and…

Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Racial Bias, Gender Bias

Tulviste, Tiia; Tamm, Anni – First Language, 2022

This study explored associations between mothers’ language teaching practices and children’s language skills concurrently and longitudinally, while also taking into account the children’s sex and mothers’ education. Estonian mothers of 76 children reported their language teaching practices at child ages 3;0 and 4;0. Children’s language…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Child Language, Language Skills

Kudliskis, Voldis – Educational Process: International Journal, 2019

The purpose of this study was to explore whether or not Techniques of Change associated with Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) could enhance engagement with learning for boys in the post-16 education setting. This was an action research case study that utilized a mixed methods approach. Participants were coached by a qualified NLP practitioner…

Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Learner Engagement, Males, Neurolinguistics

Lauglo, Jon; Liu, Fengshu – Comparative Education Review, 2019

Adolescent girls more often than boys expect higher education in nearly all 50 education systems in TIMSS 2011, before and after controls for effects of educational achievement, education-conducive family resources, and “liking school.” At a macrolevel, this gender disparity is moderately correlated with the gender disparity in…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Sex Fairness

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