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  2. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters - Wikipedia

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    Thoughts on the education of daughters: with reflections on female conduct, in the more important duties of life is the first published work of the British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Published in 1787 by her friend Joseph Johnson , Thoughts is a conduct book that offers advice on female education to the emerging British middle class .

  3. Femininity - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 16th century France, high heels were considered a distinctly masculine type of shoe, though they are currently considered feminine. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In Ancient Egypt , sheath and beaded net dresses were considered female clothing, while wraparound dresses, perfumes , cosmetics, and elaborate jewelry were worn by both men and women.

  4. Wikipedia:List of controversial issues - Wikipedia

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    Religion and sexuality and various related topics. Role of women in religion, Religious feminism, and related topics; Separation of church and state; Satanism; Sathya Sai Baba – enduring dispute about the amount of space devoted to describing the views of proponents and critics as published on their homepages; Scientology; Seventh-day ...

  5. Positive discipline - Wikipedia

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    Harsher consequences should come without warnings for more egregious behaviors (hitting another student, cursing, deliberately disobeying a warning, etc.). Teachers can feel justified that they have not "pulled a fast one" on students. Students are more likely to follow the rules and expectations when they are clearly defined and defined early.

  6. Essay - Wikipedia

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    In both secondary and tertiary education, essays are used to judge the mastery and comprehension of the material. Students are asked to explain, comment on, or assess a topic of study in the form of an essay. In some courses, university students must complete one or more essays over several weeks or months.

  7. Lie-to-children - Wikipedia

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    A lie-to-children is a simplified, and often technically incorrect, explanation of technical or complex subjects employed as a teaching method. Educators who employ lies-to-children do not intend to deceive, but instead seek to 'meet the child/pupil/student where they are', in order to facilitate initial comprehension, which they build upon over time as the learner's intellectual capacity expands.

  8. Women's education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Education was a controversial topic in the 1930s, [34] "and sex-segregated school systems protected "the virtue of female high school students." [ 35 ] Home economics and industrial education were new elements of the high school curriculum unmistakably designed for women's occupations. [ 36 ]

  9. Female education - Wikipedia

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    Effectively promote universal, free and compulsory basic education, reduce or eliminate the direct cost of basic education, so that primary education can be more affordable. For example, in 2001, Tanzania implemented free primary education, resulting in a rapid increase in the gross enrollment rate of women's primary education from 61.6% to 88.8%.