Gender Stereotypes and Elementary School Teachers

• Authors: Róbert Osaďan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study we explored the perception of gender stereotypes among elementary school teachers. Respondents (280 teachers) answered questions about their perception of the suitable behaviour according to the gender. Significant interactions emerge between teachers’ and pupils’ gender. The primary purpose of this paper was to find out on how teachers’ stereotypes affect their behavior towards elementary school-children. Results of the research were generally consistent with gender role stereotypes.

Keywords

EN

gender; children; teachers; stereotypes

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Technologica Dubnicae
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 25-29

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2015-07-16

Contributors

author

Róbert Osaďan

• Department of Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/atd-2015-0057