Teacher Candidates’ Gender Role Attitudes: Case of Adıyaman University
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https://doi.org/10.33831/jws.v19i1.272Keywords:
gender roles, attitude, teacher candidateAbstract
The aim of this study is to determine gender role attitudes of fourth-grade students using descriptive and cross-sectional analysis by applying a questionnaire and Gender Roles Attitude Scale developed by Zeyneloglu and Terzioglu. Participants used in the study are made up of 187 fourthgrade students at the Department of Elementary Education (namely Primary School Teacher Education, Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education, Social Sciences Teacher Education, and Science Teacher Education). The results reveal the egalitarian attitudes among students for the sub-dimensions named egalitarian gender role (mean score: 29.05), female gender role (mean score: 24.37), marriage gender role (mean score: 19.67), traditional gender role (mean score: 23.41) and male gender role (mean score 17.24). Average and median Gender Roles Attitude Scale scores of respondent students were found to differ according to the type of department, the high school that they graduated from, and the person effective in choosing the department of students.
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Connell R.W. (2003). The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality. United Nations Report. New York:UN.
Cushman P. (2010). Male Primary School Teachers: Helping or Hindering a Move to Gender Equity? Teaching and Teacher Education, 26:1211-1218.
Duffy J., Warren K. & Walsh M. (2001). Classroom Interactions: Gender of Teacher, Gender of Student and Classroom Subject. Sex Roles, 45: 579-593.
Eccles J.S., Jacobs J.E., Harold R.D., Yoon K.S., Arbreton A. & Doan C.F. (1993). Parents and Gender Role Socialization during Middle Childhood and Adolescent Years. Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: 59-83.
Erden F.T. (2009). A Course on Gender Equity in Education: Does It Affect Gender Role Attitudes of Preservice Teachers? Teaching and Teacher Education, 25: 409–414.
Erkal S., Copur Z., Dogan N. & Safak Ş. (2007). Examining The Relationship Between Parents' Gender Roles and Responsibilities Towards Their Children (A Turkish Example). Social Behavior and Personality, 35(9): 1221-1234.
Evans M.E., Schweingruber H & Stevenson H.W. (2002). Gender Differences in Interest and Knowledge Acquisition: The United States, Taiwan and Japan. Sex Roles, 47(3/4): 153-167.
Gray C. & Leith H. (2004). Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom: A Teacher Perspective. Educational Studies, 30(1): 3-17.
Guimond S., Chatard A., Martinot D., Crisp R.J. & Redersdorff S. (2006). Social Comparison, Self-Stereotyping and Gender Differences in Self-Construals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(2): 221-242.
Hofstede G. (1996). Gender Stereotypes and Partner Preference of Asian Women in Masculine and Feminine Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 27: 533-544.
Katsurada E.Y. & Sugihara Y. (1999). Gender Differences in Gender-Role Perceptions Among Japanese College Students. Sex Roles, 41: 779-786.
Keller B.K. & Whiston S.C. (2008). The Role of Parental Influences on Young Adolescents’ Career Development. Journal of Career Assessment, 16(2): 198-217.
Lindsey L.L. (1990). Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective. Princeton NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Mahaffy K.A. & Ward S.K. (2002). The Gendering of Adolescents’ Childbearing and Educational Plans: Reciprocal Effects and the Influence of Social Context. Sex Roles, 46(11/12): 403-417.
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Tatar M. & Emmanuel G. (2010). Teachers' Perceptions of Their Students' Gender Roles. Journal of Educational Research, 94(4): 215-224.
Trommsdorff G. & Iwawaki S. (1989). Student’s Perceptions of Socialisation and Gender Role in Japan and Germany. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 12(4): 485-493.
Vefikulucay D., Zeyneloglu S., Eroglu K. & Taskin L. (2007). Kafkas Üniversitesi Son Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rollerine İlişkin Bakış Açıları. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu Dergisi: 26–38.
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Yılmaz D.V., Zeyneloğlu S., Kocaöz S., Kısa S., Taşkın L. & Eroglu K. (2009). Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rollerine İlişkin Görüşleri. Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi, 6(1): 775-792.
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Zeyneloglu S. & Terzioglu F. (2011). Development and Psychometric Properties Gender Roles Attitude Scale. Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 40: 409-420.
Zuo J. (1997). The Effect of Men’s Breadwinner Status on Their Changing Gender Beliefs. Sex Roles, 37: 799-816.
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Yaşar, B. N. (2017). Teacher Candidates’ Gender Role Attitudes: Case of Adıyaman University. Kadın/Woman 2000, Journal for Women’s Studies, 19(1), 101–113. https://doi.org/10.33831/jws.v19i1.272
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