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Curriculum conservatism and gender equity in female independent secondary schools: 1945-1990

Speck, Phoebe Bozonelis
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054738258

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1990, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, History.
Between 1945 and 1990, significant changes occurred in curriculum policy making in the female secondary independent schools. These changes highlighted the following important trends: the curriculum committee replaced the Head of School as the primary policy maker; and new or revisioned factors, exclusive of the gender factor, became important in curriculum determination i.e., internal: Head of School, Board of Trustees, faculty, students, parents, alumna, and tradition; external: colleges, demographics and competitive marketing, government, trends and fads, and textbook publishers. Despite these trends, however, the curricula of these schools changed very little and remained conservative. This thesis used established historical methods. The research was based on an examination of the secondary literature as well as intensive archival research and interviews at seven New England Ohio female independent secondary schools with heads of schools and those responsible for curriculum. It also made use of the responses to a questionnaire sent to 117 independent secondary schools in New England and East North Central States. By virtue of being single-sex, the female independent secondary schools failed to perceive gender equity as a significant issue for po licy consideration. Their curricula confirmed a conservatism that did not consider biological and socio-cultural differences in learning styles as well as informal protocols that perpetuated gender stereotypes and inequities in the classroom. With regard to gender, the research concluded that these schools, with a few exceptions, chose not to be agents of change in the following manner: further developing curriculum that would specifically enhance the learning styles of their students; and restructuring courses of study that would include the female and male perspectives to achieve gender equity.
David Hammack (Advisor)
320 p.
curriculum conservatism; gender equity; female independent; secondary schools

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  • Speck, P. B. (1990). Curriculum conservatism and gender equity in female independent secondary schools: 1945-1990 [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054738258

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Speck, Phoebe. Curriculum conservatism and gender equity in female independent secondary schools: 1945-1990. 1990. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054738258.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Speck, Phoebe. "Curriculum conservatism and gender equity in female independent secondary schools: 1945-1990." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054738258

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