From the assigned unit materials, the “differential treatment” of female student in nontraditional career and technical education programs has manifested itself in a number of fashions. In one respect, women enrolled in these programs have encountered biased treatment based solely on gender stereotypes. This stereotyping has thus promoted the segregation of women and men in career and technical education programs. As a further consequence, the programs that women are pushed into pursuing often represent what have been recognized as traditionally female occupations. Unfortunately, those occupations have also held the promise of lower salaries for the duration of one’s career.
A second representation of “differential treatment” stems from the approach taken in counseling and recruiting women for nontraditional career and technical education programs. As evidence, Annexstein offers the conclusions reached by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in a 2000 report that argued female students were discouraged from technical occupations as well as those that relied heavily on science and mathematical skills. More specifically, counselors played a key role in this outcome by way of lowered expectations of female students in general …show more content…
One, these students are marginalized in their attempts to pursue a variety of careers capable of providing economic safety and viability. Two, female students suffer in their attempts to recognize achievement and self-confidence, thus further hurting their efforts to actualize qualities indicative of the concept of self-determination. Three, a concerted effort must be made by to address the shortcomings of Perkins III while more effectively implementing the policies of Title IX in order to address the inequalities women face in career and technical education
A second representation of “differential treatment” stems from the approach taken in counseling and recruiting women for nontraditional career and technical education programs. As evidence, Annexstein offers the conclusions reached by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in a 2000 report that argued female students were discouraged from technical occupations as well as those that relied heavily on science and mathematical skills. More specifically, counselors played a key role in this outcome by way of lowered expectations of female students in general …show more content…
One, these students are marginalized in their attempts to pursue a variety of careers capable of providing economic safety and viability. Two, female students suffer in their attempts to recognize achievement and self-confidence, thus further hurting their efforts to actualize qualities indicative of the concept of self-determination. Three, a concerted effort must be made by to address the shortcomings of Perkins III while more effectively implementing the policies of Title IX in order to address the inequalities women face in career and technical education