The aim of this study is to examine how two Kenyan school's approaches gender roles, by what the curriculum says and by how the teachers way of teaching are effecting the creation of gender roles. The aim is further to find out what the Kenyan school settings are, according to gender and equality, and how these are implemented in practice. This was examined through interviews at two local schools in Kenya, with five practicing teachers from grade one through grade six. This work compares the respondents' answers to the research that is related to the topic. Because of lack in the research about Kenya, the research has been based on mostly Swedish investigations. The conclusion of this study is that the two schools in Kenya are aiming for an equal school, which is also the government's goal. Teachers who work in primary school have similar ways of teaching, concerning a gender and equality thinking. Respondents have different ideas about gender and equality but they all agree that the traditional gender patterns must disappear to make both the school and the rest of society completely equal. / Det här arbetet handlar om hur genus och jämställdhet impliceras i den kenyanska skolans värld. Syftet med föreliggande arbete är att ta reda på skolans syn avseende könsroller genom vad som framställs i läroplanen och i lärarnas undervisning. Syftet är vidare att belysa den svenska skolans läroplaner gällande genus och jämställdhet. Syftet är även att ta reda på vad den kenyanska skolans inställning gällande genus och jämställdhet och hur detta genomförs i praktiken samt vad den kenyanska läroplanen säger. Detta undersöktes genom intervjuer på två lokala skolor i Kenya, med fem verksamma lärare ifrån årskurs ett till och med årskurs sex. I arbetet jämfördes respondenternas svar med den forskning som finns kopplat till ämnet. På grund av bristanade forskning i hur lärarna i Kenya arbetar med genus och jämställdhet i sin undervisning, har arbetet till stor del utgått ifrån svensk forskning i detta ämne.  De slutsatser som dragits är att båda skolorna som är med i undersökningen strävar efter en jämställd skola, vilket även är regeringens mål. Lärare som arbetar i grundskolans tidigare åldrar har ett likvärdigt sätt att undervisa, men trots detta har respondenterna olika tankar kring genus och jämställdhet men de är alla överrens om att de traditionella könsmönstren måste försvinna för att både skolan och de övriga samhället ska bli helt jämställt.

This study investigated teachers' perceptions of African- American principals' leadership and the extent to which those perceptions varied according to their race, gender, years of teaching experience, and years working with the principal. The results of this exploratory study are intended to enhance the empirical data reflecting the leadership characteristics of the African-American principal and to contribute to the research on leadership in general. The participants in this study consisted of 32 African-American principals and 164 teachers in schools representing 12 states during the 2004-2005 school year. Each teacher participant completed either an electronic or paper version of the Leadership and Management of Schools Survey Instrument (LMSS) which addressed the leadership and management traits of the principal and the demographic data on the teachers. The findings indicated that African-American principals are perceived as using high levels of transformational and transactional leadership. Additionally, results indicated that race influences the leadership credibility of the African-American principal. There did not appear to be a significant relationship between teachers' perceptions and gender of a teacher, gender of the principal, or both, and no relationship was found between the years of teachers' experience and their perceptions of the African- American principals. However, teachers' perceptions of African- American principals' leadership and management qualities increased positively with the number of years of experience working with the principal. Indications from these findings can be useful to universities, colleges, and school districts in making informed decisions concerning the training, recruitment, and placement of African-American principals.