Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 02090166
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED127235 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Report of the Personnel Task Force (And) Report of
the Selected Studies Task Force (And) Report of the
"Student
Oriented" Task Force.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1973
NOTE: 95 p.; Not available in hard copy due to marginal
legibility of original documents; For related documents,
see
SO 009 335-338
AVAILABILITY: Student Oriented $0.50)
ABSTRACT: Three reports of different task forces from the
committee to study sex discrimination in the Kalamazoo,
Michigan, Public Schools comprise this document. The first
report, from the personnel task force, investigated
personnel practices and working conditions in 1972 for the
existence of sex discrimination. Questionnaires were
distributed to 1,215 employees of the Kalamazoo school
system, but only 392 were returned completed. They showed
a
great lack of awareness about sex discrimination. In the
second report, the selected studies task force evaluated a
selection of 13 courses for grades 7-12 in English, social
studies, home economics, industrial arts, and business
education. Textbooks were evaluated and some instructors
were interviewed. Teachers did not feel responsible for
changing any sex bias in their attitudes nor for
constructively handling the sex bias found in 72.4 percent
of the classroom materials being used. The third report,
from the student-oriented task force, examined those
elements in the students' school experience that are
nonathletic and nonacademic for the presence of sex
discrimination. Specifically, it looked at school policies;
discipline; interpersonal contact in kindergarten, on
playgrounds, through school bulletins, and from seating
arrangements; parent attitudes; and extracurricular
activities. Sex discrimination was found in all areas. All
three task forces recommended that programs be provided for
raising levels of awareness about sex discrimination. (ND)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; After-School-Programs;
Classroom-Design; Discipline-; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Interpersonal-Relationship; Parent-Attitudes;
Playground-Activities; School-Personnel; School-Policy; Sex
Stereotypes; Teacher-Attitudes; Textbook-Bias
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bias-; *Cultural-Awareness; *Sex
Discrimination; *Sex-Role; *Social-Bias
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