Marital status and gender as predictors of undergraduate academic performance: a United Arab Emirates context Justin Thomas, Monique Raynor, Amal Al-Marzooqi Zayed University, UAE Introduction There is a considerable international body of literature exploring the predictors and determinants of undergraduate academic performance (Barrow et al., 2009; Betts & Morell, 1999; Cohn et al., 2004; Smith & Naylor, 2001). The predictor variables explored encompass a full biopsychosocial spectrum, from familial
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Development Agenda Prepared by Dr. Sarah Bradshaw, Principal Lecturer, Middlesex University with Dr. Joshua Castellino and Ms. Bineta Diop, Co-Chairs of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Thematic Group on the “Challenges of Social Inclusion: Gender, Inequalities and Human Rights” 20 May 2013 1 1. Introduction This short paper aims to highlight the important role women have and can play in economic development. It addresses three questions: what is the evidence base to support investing
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The identical education is the most significant section of the gender equity struggle which Elizabeth Cady Stanton had focused and fought for all her life. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an influential advocate of co-education throughout her life, who wrote the “Declaration of Sentiments” implies both gender should have the same education. In her most famous speech called "Our Girls", she encouraged girls to get an education degree that would develop them as independent individuals. Based on what she
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Existence of the Gender Wage Gap Does the gap between women’s wages and men’s wages actually exist? By using a ratio, the pay difference between men and women is measured in the gender wage gap. In the webpage “What is the Gender Pay Gap and is it Real?”, economists Elise Gould, Jessica Schieder, and Kathleen Geier state, “The gender wage gap is a measure of pay disparity between men and women.” (Gould et al.). To measure this gap, a ratio is calculated through the division of a year-round, full-time
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In the past females have achieved less well than boys at higher levels in the education system, then during the 1990', the girls over took boys at all levels in the education system. The percentage of females in the UK achieving two or more A-levels or equivalent has increased from 20% in 1990 to 42% in 2006. Over the same time period, the percentage of males achieving the same level increased from 18% to 33%. On the other hand, there still continues to be a large difference in the choice of subjects
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interior lives of female students: the community of women within the schools, and gender relationships as women became more active in the public sphere and transformed their social identities. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz finds that the designs of early female institutions consciously intended them as a place and space for the exclusive use of women. Margaret Nash identifies class and race as more important than gender in the construction of such educational institutions, as individuals who saw themselves
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Artistic Themes from Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome A gender role is something that decides what role the man will play in society, and what role the woman will play in society. These roles can include the position, status, activities, and behavior that is appropriate for one’s sex. The roles of men and women have always been different, and they have generally been expected to have different attitudes and thoughts. Social aspects are reflected by behavior, and the idea that specific behavior
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different groups of students, in terms of social class, gender and ethnicity. The mains policies include several types of compensatory education, Tripartite System through The Education Act 1944, comprehensive schooling, Education Reform Act 1988, Academies & Free Schools and tuition fees. Some viewed these policies positively as they believed that each of these changes had certain outcomes, however, others criticize them. The 1944 Education Act formed the Tripartite System, which established three
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The Gender Achievement Gap Rena Godfrey Capella University ED5540 Strategies for Eliminating the Achievement Gap Quarter & Year: Fall 2013 Email: godfreyrena@gmail.com Instructor: Marge Zuba, Ed.D. Gender Achievement Gap One of the most interesting and actively debated areas in educational research concerns the gender-based achievement gaps in math and science. Despite research efforts and statistical data backing up the notion that girls are falling behind in math and
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Gender Gap 1 The Elementary Gender Achievement Gap ED5504 Gender Gap
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