http://hdl.handle.net/2428/5882 Search the Channel search http://arrts.gtcni.org.uk/gtcni/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2428/6344 Title: Equality Awareness inTeacher Education and Training in Northern Ireland<br/><br/>Authors: Elwood, Jannette; McKeown, Penny; Gallagher, Tony; Kilpatrick, Rosemary; Murphy, Colette; Carlisle, Karen<br/><br/>Abstract: In the tender for this project, the Equality Commission outlined evidence which shows that many teachers within Northern Ireland have an under-appreciation of equality issues as they relate to pupils’ learning and their own practice within classrooms. Such research evidence also suggests that teachers have had little exposure to these issues in either their initial teacher training or their continuing professional development. This differential exposure to equality issues thus ensures an imbalance and, in most cases, a continued lack of understanding of the impact of equality issues on teachers’ own practice and professional development and thereby on the educational achievement of their pupils.The present study attempts to investigate these themes further and to gauge the extent of awareness and prioritisation of equality issues in teacher education and training inNorthern Ireland. The research team was asked to establish the level of awareness ofequality issues in relation to the content and delivery of teacher education and trainingpolicy, beyond Northern Ireland. This includes and prioritises equality issues in teachereducation and training. This desk study collated and analysed currently publishedmaterials from other jurisdictions outside Northern Ireland. http://hdl.handle.net/2428/5884 Title: Betty the Builder, Neil the Nurse: Sex-Typing of Occupations in Primary Schools<br/><br/>Authors: Knipe, Damian; Leith, Helen; Gray, Colette; McKeown, Eamonn; Carlisle, Karen<br/><br/>Abstract: The focus of the study was on primary school children at Key Stage 1 (primary 3) and Key Stage 2 (primary 6). It examined their views of occupational sex-typing and the implications these views have for educational practice. It also sought the views of teachers and teacher trainers on the issues surrounding children’s stereotyping of occupations. The research involved the administration of questionnaires to children at Key Stages 1 and 2 and their teachers; focus groups were conducted with children and teachers; and views of teacher trainers and Curriculum Advisory Support Service (CASS) officers in Education and Library Boards were obtained through semi-structured interviews. Fieldwork for the study was conducted between September 1999 and February 2000. Altogether 1,579 pupils from 25 primary schools and 285 teachers from 144 primary schools in Northern Ireland completed and returned questionnaires.