Browse by subject "Women's Issues"
1. About Us: Challenging the Stereotypes (1990)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Autumn, Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Beverly Jean Brunet
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses the myth that women, and particularly older women, are unimportant in society, and that women must not allow themselves to be defined by insensitive and inappropriate stereotypes.
The article is written in English, with a summary provided in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
2. Academic engagement and science achievement: A gendered relationship? (2010)
Authors: Robert Sweet, Maria Adamuti-Trache
Collection: Research Materials
The 2002 School Achievement Indicators Program Science (SAIP-SCIENCE) survey, administered to a national sample of Canadian youth aged 13 to 16, showed girls performing significantly below boys in the application of scientific knowledge to everyday problems. On the other hand, girls get higher teacher-assigned grades than boys in their science classes.
The authors of this paper note that girls’ superior performance in science classrooms may be due to teachers’ marking practices, which reward not only cognitive achievement but also social behaviour, like the compliance with rules and completion of homework.
However, it would be expected that the study efforts of girls would lead not just to higher teacher-assigned grades but also to higher scientific literacy scores. The authors’ goal is to look at why girls’ greater investments in homework do not result in higher literacy scores.
While many girls respond well to the current curriculum, others do not, and for them, changes in the curriculum or teaching methods may help, the authors point out. As well, it is possible that boys performed well on the literacy test because their leisure time activities offer more opportunity to explore and apply science-related activities.
The gap in science literacy scores between boys and girls is not a wide one, the authors note. However, if that gap is discouraging girls from continuing their science studies, then further attention to this matter is needed.
Added: 2013-03-21
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3. Academic Freedom and Diversity in Canadian Universities (1995)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Fall, Vol. 11, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Shahrzad Mojab
Collection: Research Materials
This paper was presented at the Canadian Studies Conference on "The Canadian University in the Twenty-first Century” in 1994. The author discusses diversification among faculty, staff and student populations in universities in Canada and in other Western industrial states, as well as academic freedom, as it relates to rights of students, faculty and staff to challenge existing power relations.
The paper is presented in English, with a summary provided in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
4. Administrative Pimping for Fame and Profit: Part 2 (1995)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Spring, Vol. 11, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Pamela J. Milne
Collection: Research Materials
This is an article about the University of Windsor's employment equity positive action plan and a perceived lack of public recognition concerning its success.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
5. Adult Basic Education for Women: A Model for Policy Development (1979)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Dorothy Mackeracher
Collection: Research Materials
A group of C.C.L.O.W. members agreed to work together to learn about the process of developing policy, and our collective efforts produced this report. We feel that this report is of interest to all those concerned with learning opportunities for women.
The report includes: A summary listing of the ten issues we discussed, each relating to the main topic of the undereducated woman, and of the policy recommendations which arise from each issue; an outline of the process we used to guide our activities in developing the policies.
Added: 2003-10-02
6. Anti-racist Education: A Career in Social and Political Change (1992)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Spring, Vol. 9, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Beryl Tsang
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses racism among women in Canada, as well as the role of anti-racist educators in challenging people's existing notions of race, educating them about how these personal notions of race form the creation of racist structures, and offering them workable solutions to transform racist notions and structures into non-racist ones.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French
Added: 1992-01-01
7. Apprenticeship Training Models for "Women's Work": The Norwegian Experience (1993)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Spring, Vol. 10, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Karl Dehli
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses training and education for women, and how women can obtain qualifications for access to non-traditional, professional or managerial occupations. The focus of the article is on apprenticeship training models used by the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees, in an attempt at improving the working conditions, wages and opportunities for women at the lowest levels of public sector employment in Norway.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French.
Added: 1993-01-01
8. Are Women Excluded from Careers in Science? (1991)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Fall, Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Barbara Sherriff, J.P. Svenne
Collection: Research Materials
This article examines briefly the question of whether women have "arrived" as scientists.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French.
Added: 1991-01-01
9. Art/Craft High/Low (1991)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Spring, Vol. 13, No.1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Ann MacGillivray
Collection: Research Materials
Is it art? The enduring question has been asked since the Renaissance, when high art began to take place in the academies and decorative art was relegated to craft workshops. This article discusses the history of women artists and the reasons for the art/craft division.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French.
Added: 1991-01-01
10. As An Educator, What Can I Do? (1992)
Women's Education des Femmes, Winter 1992-93 • vol.10 no.1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Collection: Research Materials
This article offers strategies to educators who are working with students from violent homes and abused women.
The article is written in English and is accompanied by a summary written in French.
Added: 2004-02-11
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