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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED167513 AUTHOR: Panko, Jessie Symington
TITLE: Sexism in Education? A Study of Future Teachers'
Attitudes Toward Women.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 48 p.; Paper presented at National Meeting of the
Association of Teacher Educators (Orlando, Florida,
February
19-21, 1979)
ABSTRACT: The main question investigated by this study was
whether future teachers' attitudes toward women were
significantly different from the attitudes of other college
students. The subjects of this research were college
students divided into two groups--education majors and
majors in other subjects. A Likert-type scale questionnaire
was administered consisting of statements about women's
rights and roles in vocational, educational, and
intellectual activities; dating behavior and etiquette;
sexual behavior; and marital relationships. Little
significant difference was found between the attitudes of
future teachers toward women and those of other students.
The suggestion is offered that future teachers should
receive preservice and inservice training to change their
attitudes from acceptance of many sex stereotypes so they
may educate children in a way that is bias free. A sample
of
the questionnaire is appended as well as selections from
the
Illinois law providing sex equality in education. (JD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Attitude-Change; Futures-of-Society; Sex
Stereotypes; Teacher-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action;
*Employment-Practices;
*Majors-Students; *Sex-Discrimination; *Social-Attitudes;
*Teacher-Attitudes
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