The aim of this research is to analyze the role of gender on scholastic achievement in Brazil, emphasizing inequalities and peer effects. These issues are analyzed in five chapters, including the introduction and the concluding remarks. We start by briefly describing gender inequality in terms of math and literacy achievements in Brazil, focusing, mainly, on 5th and 9th grade students. We observe that boys tend to outperform girls in math, a relation that reverses in literacy and, furthermore, that these inequalities increase in more advanced schooling years. The second chapter aims to investigate the factors associated with these differences, exploring students’, teachers’ and schools characteristics in two different types of decomposition...
The goal of this article is to evaluate students’ access to qualified teachers (regarding teacher ed...
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the schooling on abstraction capacity. Such capacity wa...
International audienceIn this paper, we present an analysis on gender issues a Professional master's...
The article presents results of an experiment in articulating the dimensions of gender, race, and so...
With the expansion of higher education, its students´ population has been increasingly diverse, main...
This work is part of a group of studies in the educational field that investigate the differences in...
This paper presents some data on gender relations and inequality in initial teacher training courses...
Debates about the end of gender inequalities, in Education since the early school years, have produ...
This paper discusses the results of an investigation of academic achievement by gender and student p...
The purpose of this article is to discuss the differences observed between women and men in some of ...
This article aims to analyze some gender representations of teachers of the early grades of primary ...
The purpose of this article is to discuss the differences observed between women and men in some of ...
A presença feminina na Física tem sido objeto de estudo nos últimos anos, motivado pela disparidade ...
A temática do desempenho acadêmico tem despertado interesse de pesquisadores, sobretudo no Brasil, o...
It examines the quantitative expansion of stricto sensu graduate studies in the area of education in...
The goal of this article is to evaluate students’ access to qualified teachers (regarding teacher ed...
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the schooling on abstraction capacity. Such capacity wa...
International audienceIn this paper, we present an analysis on gender issues a Professional master's...
The article presents results of an experiment in articulating the dimensions of gender, race, and so...
With the expansion of higher education, its students´ population has been increasingly diverse, main...
This work is part of a group of studies in the educational field that investigate the differences in...
This paper presents some data on gender relations and inequality in initial teacher training courses...
Debates about the end of gender inequalities, in Education since the early school years, have produ...
This paper discusses the results of an investigation of academic achievement by gender and student p...
The purpose of this article is to discuss the differences observed between women and men in some of ...
This article aims to analyze some gender representations of teachers of the early grades of primary ...
The purpose of this article is to discuss the differences observed between women and men in some of ...
A presença feminina na Física tem sido objeto de estudo nos últimos anos, motivado pela disparidade ...
A temática do desempenho acadêmico tem despertado interesse de pesquisadores, sobretudo no Brasil, o...
It examines the quantitative expansion of stricto sensu graduate studies in the area of education in...
The goal of this article is to evaluate students’ access to qualified teachers (regarding teacher ed...
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the schooling on abstraction capacity. Such capacity wa...
International audienceIn this paper, we present an analysis on gender issues a Professional master's...