Combating gender disparity in education: Guidelines for early childhood educators

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-87

  Evans, Karlin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiased classrooms; Gender disparity; Gender stereotypes; Gender fair environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084031     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022999128728     Document Type: Article

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