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Female high school students’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics intentions: the effects of stereotype threatYirgalem Alemu Keery 01 1900 (has links)
Bibliography: leaves 131-155 / The central objective of the present research was to provide a better understanding of
stereotype threat and its underlying effects on female high school students’ intention to major in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, the study
investigated the intervening effects of mathematics/science self-efficacy and the conditional
effects of perceived social support with regards to the implications of stereotype threat. For this
reason, three studies were conducted. Participants were female (Study 1 – 3) and male (Study 1)
high school students from Harer and Dire Dawa Regions, located in the Eastern part of Ethiopia.
Study 1 provided evidence that both female and male participants were well aware of the
existence of the negative stereotype about females’ mathematics/science ability. Participants
reported that the Ethiopian society attributes less mathematics/science ability to females than to
males. Although female participants were well aware of the existence of the negative stereotype
about females’ mathematics and science ability, they did not endorse it. Study 2 showed
experimentally that stereotype threat reduces indeed females’ intention to major in STEM fields.
Moreover, Study 2 revealed that mathematics/science self-efficacy mediated the relationship
between stereotype threat and females’ intention to major in STEM fields. Study 3 addressed the
role of social support. The results revealed that female participants who felt socially supported in
their intention to major in a STEM field were found to be resistant to the negative effects of
stereotype threat. In other words, it is the interaction between stereotype threat and the lack of
social support that reduces females' intention to major in STEM fields. The findings of the
present study are discussed in relation to stereotype threat theory and related literature as well as
in relation to potential educational interventions relevant for the Ethiopian context. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)
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Understanding Male Nursing Student Perceptions of the Influence of Gender: A Qualitative Case Study Approach of Students, Faculty, and Administration in a Pacific Northwest Nursing ProgramAnderson, Jennifer Anne 08 August 2014 (has links)
In contemporary American society, the nursing profession is predominantly made up of white women. Currently, males make up only 6.8 percent of the three million nursing professionals in the U.S. and they are considered gender minorities within the nursing profession and within nursing education. As gender minorities, male students are identified as experiencing nursing programs and the practice of nursing differently than their female counterparts. The purpose of this single instrumental, within site case study was to explore the learning environment for male nursing students and to investigate the nature of the interactions between nursing faculty and male undergraduate students in a Pacific Northwest medical university nursing program. Data was collected in the educational setting through observations, participant interviews, and document analysis. In addition, this study used Kanter's theoretical framework of tokenism to uncover if male nursing students were perceived as tokens in the educational environment. The findings showed that the faculty-student interactions were largely positive; they also revealed that having other males in the class was an instrumental factor in their positive perception of their educational experience. However, the male nursing students also identified areas of discomfort in the educational setting, specifically when practicing clinical skills with female peers, feeling pressured to volunteer and to expose skin during in-class demonstrations, and anticipating that they would be excluded from certain clinical situations. This research indicated that gender differences are present within nursing education and contributed to instances of discomfort for male students. Specific barriers occurred most often when men engaged with female peers and were in clinical settings. These findings provide new insight into when and where men begin to experience gender barriers in the educational environment and are pertinent to understanding the educational environment for men in nursing. Recommendations specifically geared towards assisting students in their first term are suggested for nursing faculty and administrators to ensure that the learning environment is welcoming for men. These recommendations include consciously placing males together in cohort groups and in clinical experiences, reducing instances of visibility and pressure on men in the clinical setting, building faculty awareness of perceived and real barriers for men in the educational setting, and providing faculty with tools to assess and address barriers that are present in the classroom environment.
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And the Stereotype Award Goes to...: A Comparative Analysis of Directors using African American Stereotypes in FilmYoung, Kelcei 12 1900 (has links)
This study examines African American stereotypes in film. I studied six directors, Kathryn Bigelow, Spike Lee, the Russo Brothers, Ryan Coogler, Tate Taylor, and Dee Rees; and six films Detroit, BlacKkKlansman, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Help, and Mudbound. Using the framework of critical race theory and auteur theory, I compared the common themes between the films and directors. The main purpose of my study is to see if White or Black directors predominantly used African American stereotypes. I found that both races of directors rely on stereotypes for different purposes. With Black directors, the stereotype was explained further through character development, while the White directors used the stereotype at face value with no further explanation.
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Combating gender stereotyping in the science and technology classrooms of a primary schoolVan der Merwe-Muller, Lorna 11 1900 (has links)
Gender stereotyping is a phenomenon found in all spheres of life. School children often have to bear the brunt of these prescribed roles and stereotypes. This study includes a literature review of the characteristics of a professional educator as well as the theoretical background on gender issues. It employed Participatory Action Research as a strategy with the aim to empower teachers to improve their classroom practice, and ultimately, to improve the teaching-learning dynamics for learners in the science and technology classrooms. The participants, who are science and technology teachers, are vastly different people whose one common goal it was to empower themselves and to change their classroom practice on a continuous basis. The study looks at some of the beliefs these teachers now hold after the intervention for promoting gender equality in the classroom. Science and technology are the domains of historically male-dominated fields, and by means of this study I aim to equalise the learning opportunities for both boys and girls. / Comparative Education / M. Ed. (Comparative Education)
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Confined by conservatism : power and patriarchy in the novels of Charlotte BrontëWhite, Jessica Barbara 11 1900 (has links)
This dissertation explores the ambiguous nature of the social criticism in Charlotte Brontë’s novels — Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette and The Professor — particularly pertaining to patriarchal ideology and its associated power relations. I shall explore how, through her novels, Brontë sought to redefine subjectivity and the feminine ideal, and in so doing, reconfigure patriarchy’s gender norms and its ideologies which were oppressive to women. However, Brontë’s varying contestation of and acquiescence to female Victorian stereotypes, along with her equivocal representation of ideology, identity, gender, and the self, undermine her efforts to create a new model of womanhood and female empowerment. Nonetheless, through Brontë’s intimate depiction of her characters’ struggles between their desires and patriarchal prescripts, she offers a novel, more indirect and significant challenge to the patriarchal status quo. In this way, Brontë’s social criticism is confined by her conservatism. / English Studies
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Socio-cultural perceptions of nursing and its influence on the recruitment and retention of males student nurses in Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs), KwaZulu Natal ProvinceShakwane, Simangele 11 1900 (has links)
Nursing is a female dominated profession; making it difficult for men in the profession to excel in their caring capacities as nurses. This study aimed at identifying and describing male and female nurses' insights into and perceptions of socio-cultural influences on the recruitment and retention of men in the nursing profession and also explores their experiences in providing intimate care to patients of opposite gender. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology: 16 male and 11 female nursing students were purposively sampled and were interviewed using semi-structured questions. Themes of nursing seen as women's work; low status; stigma; caring and helping others were developed. Feelings of embarrassment and discomfort; fear and refusal of care were experienced when providing intimate care to patients of opposite gender; this has led male participants to develop strategies to protect themselves from sexual accusations. The Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs) have insufficient toilets for male nursing students; there is a lack of male role models and feminine pronouns are used when relating to professional nurses.
Evidently socio-cultural perceptions of nursing enforce a negative image. The difficulties experienced by male and female nurses when providing intimate care and lack of male-friendliness in NEIs were discussed. These factors will lead to a further decline in the recruitment and retention of men in nursing; skilled and intelligent nurses are leaving the profession. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)
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Socio-cultural perceptions of nursing and its influence on the recruitment and retention of males student nurses in Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs), KwaZulu Natal ProvinceShakwane, Simangele 11 1900 (has links)
Nursing is a female dominated profession; making it difficult for men in the profession to excel in their caring capacities as nurses. This study aimed at identifying and describing male and female nurses' insights into and perceptions of socio-cultural influences on the recruitment and retention of men in the nursing profession and also explores their experiences in providing intimate care to patients of opposite gender. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology: 16 male and 11 female nursing students were purposively sampled and were interviewed using semi-structured questions. Themes of nursing seen as women's work; low status; stigma; caring and helping others were developed. Feelings of embarrassment and discomfort; fear and refusal of care were experienced when providing intimate care to patients of opposite gender; this has led male participants to develop strategies to protect themselves from sexual accusations. The Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs) have insufficient toilets for male nursing students; there is a lack of male role models and feminine pronouns are used when relating to professional nurses.
Evidently socio-cultural perceptions of nursing enforce a negative image. The difficulties experienced by male and female nurses when providing intimate care and lack of male-friendliness in NEIs were discussed. These factors will lead to a further decline in the recruitment and retention of men in nursing; skilled and intelligent nurses are leaving the profession. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)
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A heritage of inferiority: public criticism and the American SouthMaxwell, Angela Christine 29 August 2008 (has links)
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Theatrical transvestism in the United States and the performance of American identities, 1870-1935Pasternack, Leslie Joyce 28 August 2008 (has links)
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An analysis of racial stereotyping of the South African Police in the television programmes Carte Blanche and Special Assignment from August 2003 to September 2004Gerbi, Giovanna Maria 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this assignment is to examine two investigative journalism programmes in South
Africa, namely Carte Blanche and SpecialAssignment in order to ascertain whether two South
African policing organisations have been subjected to racist stereotyping on these two
programmes. Both these programmes are held in high esteem within South African and
international media circles. Carte Blanche has won many awards, such as the prestigious eNN
African Journalist of the Year Award in 2002. Special Assignment won the equivalent award in
2001. The approaches and styles in revealing the truth by using investigative forms of journalism
are however slightly different. Both Carte Blanche and Special Assignment have produced
stories from August 2003 to September 2004 that have exposed corruption within the South
African policing organisations. Many of the perpetrators within the police force were identified
as people of colour. This assignment therefore aims to discover whether racist stereotyping exists
in this niche of investigative journalism television programmes. This opens up the possibility for
these portrayals to be seen as stereotypical, since the dominant press codes in South Africa
stipulates that reference to 'race' in news reporting should only be done where it will contribute
significantly to understanding the subject matter or if the reference to the race of the person is
particularly applicable. This assignment aims to discover whether racist stereotyping exists in
this niche of investigative journalism television programmes.
The research method comprised analysing programmes on Carte Blanche and Special
Assignment that dealt with the South African policing organisations from August 2003 to
September 2004. The original transcripts of the programmes were retrieved from the relevant
websites of Carte Blanche and Special Assignment and have also been studied. Sources on media
ethics as well as newspaper and magazine articles dealing with the South African policing
organisations, crime and corruption were scrutinized in order to provide background information
for the study. The analyses of the programmes was complemented by interviews conducted with
the investigative journalists at the helm of the two programmes, namely, Ruda Landman from
Carte Blanche and Jessica Pitchford from Special Assignment. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om twee ondersoekende joernalistiekprogramme in Suid-Afrika,
naamlik Carte Blanche en Special Assignment, te ondersoek ten einde vas te stelof die Suid-
Afrikaanse polisiëringsorganisasies in dié twee programme aan rassestereotipering onderhewig
is. Albei dié programme word hoog geag in Suid-Afrikaanse en internasionale mediakringe.
Carte Blanche het reeds verskeie toekennings gewen, soos die toonaangewende eNN Afrikajoernalis
van die Jaar Toekenning in 2002. Special Assignment het hierdie toekenning in 2001
gewen. Die benaderings en styl wat tydens die bekendmaking van die waarheid gevolg word
deur die toepassing van ondersoekende vorme van joernalistiek verskil egter effe. Sowel Carte
Blanche as Special Assignment het van Augustus 2003 tot September 2004 stories opgelewer wat
korrupsie in die Suid-Afrikaanse polisiëringsorganisasies aan die kaak gestel het. Baie van die
skuldiges in die polisiemag is geïdentifiseer as gekleurde mense. Hierdie studie beoog dus om
vas te stel of daar rassestereotipering in hierdie afdeling van televisieprogramme met betrekking
tot ondersoekende joernalistiek bestaan.
Ondersoekende joernalistiek is ongetwyfeld een van die stimulerendste afdelings van die
joernalistiek. Dit is 'n uitgesproke vorm van joernalistiek wat die vermoë het om die samelewing
te beïnvloed. Ondersoekende joernalistiek maak gewoonlik misdrywe aan die publiek bekend.
Die konsekwente uitbeelding van gekleurde mense op 'n negatiewe wyse sou kon lei tot die
inboet van etiese waardes en dus tot rassestereotipering.
Die navorsingsmetode het behels dat daar van Augustus 2003 tot September 2004 na programme
oor die Suid-Afrikaanse polisiëringsorganisasies op Carte Blanche en Special Assignment gekyk
is en dat dit op band opgeneem is. Die oorspronklike transkripsies van die programme is van
Carte Blanche en Special Assignment se onderskeie webtuistes verkry en word as bylaes by
hierdie studie aangeheg. Bronne oor media-etiek asook koerant- en tydskrifartikels wat oor die
Suid-Afrikaanse polisiëringsorganisasies, misdaad en korrupsie handel, is noukeurig nagegaan.
'n Persoonlike onderhoud is met Ruda Landman van Carte Blanche gevoer, en met Jessica
Pitchford van Special Assignment is 'n onderhoud per e-pos gevoer. Landman en Pitchford was
albei betrokke by die samestelling van die betrokke
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