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Johnson, Samantha Jill

The following graduating project addresses the topic of the low enrolment of boys in high school textiles studies classes. Currently, there is very little research that has been conducted into this gender disparity. However, enrolment of males in foods classes is nearing a gender balance. There are many dominant male figures in the textile industry from fashion designers and prominent figures within the clothing retail world to textiles engineers and researchers. In this paper I look at how we can increase enrolment numbers in textiles studies courses and encourage greater male subscription. I look at educational research in both North America and internationally and also look at a variety of non-academic sources. I conclude that the current curriculum is biased toward girls and then I make recommendations for ways to make textiles studies more gender sensitive in the hope of encouraging more young men into the program.

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University of British Columbia. EDCP 590

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0437734

Education, Faculty of; Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of

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