ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shares some of his concerns about the direction of research on the education of women in the Third World. Research on sex differences in learning in the Third World, however, is currently underway, funded by an American foundation. It seeks to determine whether the differences in school achievement between the sexes found in Western industrialized societies can be found in the Third World. The significance of the expansion of women's education cannot be gauged without reference to changes in educational systems. As modernization proceeds, the rate of employment of educated individuals, regardless of gender, is supposed to increase. Women are expected to enter the labor force in growing numbers. Education is seen as the route for employing women and raising their productivity. Research on women's education and its relation to work force changes is the extent to which can assess the impact of schooling through correlational data.
