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Women, Girls, and Education


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Curriculum | Pedagogy | Research | Funding | Teacher Training | Issues |



Women's Studies | History | Organizations | Periodicals | Discussion Lists


Curriculum



K-12

Higher Education

  • Syllabi on the Web for Women and Gender-Related Courses
    Maintained by Joan Korenman; arranged by discipline.


  • Women in the Curriculum series
    From the National Center for Curriculum Transformation Projects on Women, these short books offer suggestions, resources, and rationale for infusing gender into courses in all disciplines. They are aaccessible in fulltext through ERIC (select advanced search and search for "Women in the Curriculum series" as a title search. Include the quotation marks in the search statement.).


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Pedagogy



Annotated Bibliography on Feminist Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom: Feminization, Maternal Paradigms, and Essentialism
By Sheri Laska, July 1998


Feminist Educational Research
Compiled by Martin Ryder.

Feminist Pedagogy, 2003
Core book list compiled by Lori Goetsch. (Incorporated and updated in the Core Books Database.)


Feminist Pedagogy and the Integration of Knowledge: Toward a More Interdisciplinary University
By Diana M.A. Relke. Paper delivered to the Vice-President's Colloquium Series, University of Saskatchewan, 14 February 1994


"Peer Power" Resources
From the Dept. of Women's Studies, Ohio State University.


Through the Flower
Feminist art education project, by Judy Chicago


Quotations on Feminist Pedagogy
Compiled by Penny Welch, University of Wolverhampton (Jan. 2000).


Using A Feminist Pedagogy As A Male Teacher: The Possibilities Of A Partial And Situated Perspective
By Steven P. Schacht, Radical Pedagogy v. 2, no. 2 (Fall 2000)


When is a Singing School (not) a Chorus? The Emancipatory Agenda in Feminist Pedagogy and Literature Education
By Deanne Bogdan in Philosophy of Education 1993, and One Sings, the Other Doesn't?
Response by Georgia Johnson to Bogdan's article.


WMST-L File Collection: Pedagogical Issues and Strategies
Discussion files from WMST-L, the women's studies email discussion list.


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Research

 

ERIC Database
Searchable database of educational research. Search for "women," "girls," "gender," and specific topics. For complex searches, try
Advanced search.

Research sponsored by the American Association of University Women


Research Centers
International listing of research centers on women; primarily university-based. Maintained by the Univ. of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian.


Feminist Educational Research links
Maintained by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver.


Statistical Sources



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Funding



FinAid
Links to financial aid sites for female students.


Funding Sources for Women
"Finding Funding for Women: Web and Non-Web Resources," by Liz Breed, in Feminist Collections v. 25, no. 2 (Winter, 2004) covers funding for higher education as well as other endeavors.


Fundsnet Women Grants and Resources
Links to funding sites for education and other endeavors.


Michigan State University Women-in-Development website
Offers a booklet of WID scholarship sources (in pdf) and a grants guide. Click first on "resources."


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Teacher Training



"Women Teachers Empowered in India: Teacher Training Through A Gender Lens," by Sandra Stacki, UNICEF, 2002. (52p.pdf)

 

Gender Issues in Education



General and Multi-Issue Sites


Education of Girls and Women as a Human Right, and Sample Campaigns and Projects Around the World

Empowering Girls
Several projects, organizations, and coalitions are active in mentoring and educating girls about science, technology, careers, positive body images, etc., and in educating the public about girls' issues. Here are some of note:

Sexual Harassment


Single-Sex Education


Sports Equity


Status of Women in Higher Education: Commissions, Offices, Initiatives, and Reports

Teen-age Pregnancy and Parenting


Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, which banned sex discrimination in educational programs

Welfare Reform and Its Effects on the Educational Opportunities of Poor Women

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Women's Studies



Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers
Links to those with websites. Maintained by Joan Korenman.


Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
Maintained by Smith College's Women's Studies Program.


Academic Info's Women's Studies sites

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites
Frequently updated, subject-arranged, annotated links by Joan Korenman.

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History of the Education of Women



Education Section of American Women's History: A Research Guide, by Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee State University Library
Lists bibliographies, biographical sources, encyclopedias/historical overviews, primary sources in archival, microform, and digital collections, and more.

Daniel Defoe on the Education of Women, 1719
In the Internet History Sourcebook, edited by Paul Halsall.


Dead Sociologists' Index includes material about Harriet Martineau and Jane Addams' views of the education of women.

History of Women's Education links from About.com, maintained by Jone Johnson Lewis

Symposium: History of Women in Education, Harvard Educational Review, 57:4 (Winter 1997)

Women Teachers and Educations links from About.com, maintained by Jone Johnson Lewis

Women Who Go to College by Arthur Gilman, Century Magazine 36 (1888): 714-18.

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Organizations



Directories of Organizations
  • Campus Women's Centers
    List maintained by Gerri Gribi.


  • Scholarly Societies
    Maintained by the Library at University of Waterloo; this section is for women-focused caucuses and associations.


  • Women's Organizations
    Maintained by the Univ. of Wis. System Women's Studies Librarian. Scroll to section of "Academic professional organizations."




Selected Individual Organizations


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Periodicals



Feminist Teacher
Tables of contents are available on the site. Back issues are available in fulltext in an archive (for subscribers) and in these databases to which some libraries subscribe: Contemporary Women's Issues, Education Fulltext, and GenderWatch.


Gender and Education
Tables of contents are available on the site. Available in fulltext in these databases to which some libraries subscribe: Academic Search Elite, Contemporary Women's Issues, MasterFILE Premier, and ProQuest Research Library.


Journal of LGBT Youth (formerly Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education)
Contains current information on what's happening in educational policy, curriculum development, professional practice, and pedagogy involving gay and lesbian studies.

On Campus With Women
Newsletter published by the Program on the Status and Education of Women of the Association of American Colleges and Universities covering women's leadership, campus climate, curriculum, pedagogy, and research about women. Previously issued in print, it is entirely an electronic periodical, as of December, 2002.

Radical Teacher: a Socialist, Feminist, and Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching
Tables of contents are available on the site. Available in fulltext in Academic Search Elite, Contemporary Women's Issues and Education Fulltext databases to which some libraries subscribe.

Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy
A resource for curriculum transformation and scholarship. Tables of contents are available on the site. Available in fulltext in GenderWatch database to which some libraries subscribe.


Women in Higher Education
A monthly overview of issues affecting women on campuses. Non-subscribers can read featured articles and statistical information and use "Career Connections," which includes a search engine for administrative and faculty positions. Subscribers to the print version can access all articles. Available in fulltext in Contemporary Women's Issues database to which some libraries subscribe.


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Discussion Lists



Women-Related Lists About Education or Campus Life
Maintained by Joan Korenman

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Maintained by: Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin System.
Email pweisbard at (replace with "@") library.wisc.edu

430 Memorial Library, Madison, WI 53706

Originally created by: Phyllis Holman Weisbard
URL: http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/womened.htm
Last updated: August 6, 2008. Links checked: August 6, 2008.

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