Research

Study shows how equality also implies taking care of boys

Article published in GEM el 19 d'abril de 2018. Last month, the 2018 Gender Review of the GEM Report focused on the universally acknowledged fact that girls face many more barriers in education, especially in the poorest countries. Yet, this fact often overshadows another concern, which receives…

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"Equal" doesn't mean "the same"

This article was published in 2012 in https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sax-sex/201206/girls-knees-and-gender-confusion to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX. We publish it now because it keeps all its relevance. On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law.…

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Male Students' Separate Education

Shamil Sheymardanov, "Male Students' Separate Education", in Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018:9 (1), 187-200. The paper deals with application of separate education theory as a factor contributing to the increase in the level of the male students’ training. The topicality of…

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Do single-sex schools enhance students’ STEM outcomes?

Economics of Education Review 62 (2018) 35-47 Do single-sex schools enhance students’ STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) outcomes?  A research paper by: Hyunjoon Parka (a), Jere R. Behrmanb (b), Jaesung Choic (c) (a) Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology, Department…

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Effective pedagogies for girls' learning. A review of recent research.

Gender issues have been a focus for many educational research studies in recent decades, sparked by the differential responses of girls and boys to schooling. Differential retention rates, an apparent gender gap in achievement between girls and boys, subject choices at GCSE and A level, access…

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