Report of the Personnel Task Force [And] Report of the Selected Studies Task Force [And] Report of the "Student Oriented" Task Force.

Institution	Kalamazoo Public Schools, MI.
Titel	Report of the Personnel Task Force [And] Report of the Selected Studies Task Force [And] Report of the "Student Oriented" Task Force.
Quelle	(1973), (95 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; After School Programs; Bias; Classroom Design; Cultural Awareness; Discipline; Elementary Secondary Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Playground Activities; School Personnel; School Policy; Sex Discrimination; Sex Role; Sex Stereotypes; Social Bias; Teacher Attitudes; Textbook Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Klassenraumgestaltung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Disziplin; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Schulpersonal; Schulpolitik; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Geschlechterrolle; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrbuchkritik
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)
Anmerkungen	Instructional Media Department, Kalamazoo Public Schools, 1220 Howard Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 (Personnel $1.00, Selected Studies $0.75, Student Oriented $0.50)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01