Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Education is an effective tool for effecting change both on an individual and social level and it is a key institution that can minimize the differences among social groups and genders. While teachers are key actors responsible for implementing this basic function of education, they themselves are r...

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Main Author: Yasemin Esen
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2013-01-01
Series:Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
Subjects:
Sexism
gender training
gender sensitivity
teacher education.
Online Access:http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1383882370.pdf
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spelling doaj-e4c0d66b270d4aae9b4cbc92f44e44e92020-11-24T23:36:39ZrusAcademic Publishing House ResearcherEvropejskij Issledovatelʹ2219-82292224-01362013-01-016110-225442554Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher EducationYasemin EsenEducation is an effective tool for effecting change both on an individual and social level and it is a key institution that can minimize the differences among social groups and genders. While teachers are key actors responsible for implementing this basic function of education, they themselves are raised in societies that are stratified by gender. Teachers act as carriers of the values and cultural codes of their societies and have a tendency to support students' opinions and behaviours and educational and professional choices shaped by sexist stereotypes, thereby contributing to inequality. Therefore, one strategy to adopt in combating inequality between genders is to raise awareness and sensitivity of teachers concerning gender inequality. With this strategy in mind, this study seeks to identify the key features of Gender Equality course for pre-service teachers in Turkey.http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1383882370.pdfSexismgender traininggender sensitivityteacher education.
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Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
Sexism
gender training
gender sensitivity
teacher education.
author_facet Yasemin Esen
author_sort Yasemin Esen
title Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
title_short Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
title_full Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
title_fullStr Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
title_full_unstemmed Making Room for Gender Sensitivity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
title_sort making room for gender sensitivity in pre-service teacher education
publisher Academic Publishing House Researcher
series Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
issn 2219-8229
2224-0136
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Education is an effective tool for effecting change both on an individual and social level and it is a key institution that can minimize the differences among social groups and genders. While teachers are key actors responsible for implementing this basic function of education, they themselves are raised in societies that are stratified by gender. Teachers act as carriers of the values and cultural codes of their societies and have a tendency to support students' opinions and behaviours and educational and professional choices shaped by sexist stereotypes, thereby contributing to inequality. Therefore, one strategy to adopt in combating inequality between genders is to raise awareness and sensitivity of teachers concerning gender inequality. With this strategy in mind, this study seeks to identify the key features of Gender Equality course for pre-service teachers in Turkey.
topic Sexism
gender training
gender sensitivity
teacher education.
url http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1383882370.pdf
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