Gender Choreography and Micro-Structures--Early Childhood Professionals' Understanding of Gender Roles and Gender Patterns in Outdoor Play and Learning

Autor/in	Arlemalm-Hagser, Eva
Titel	Gender Choreography and Micro-Structures--Early Childhood Professionals' Understanding of Gender Roles and Gender Patterns in Outdoor Play and Learning
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 18 (2010) 4, S.515-525 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
Schlagwörter	Sex Fairness; Sex Role; Preschool Teachers; Physical Environment; Outdoor Education; Play; Social Theories; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Sociocultural Patterns; Resistance (Psychology); National Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualaufklärung; Geschlechterrolle; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Natürliche Umwelt; Freiluftunterricht; Spiel; Gesellschaftstheorie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Resistenz; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to illustrate how pre-school professionals understand the notion of gender-equity work in a Swedish context, in particular play and learning in the pre-school playground. The study draws on socio-cultural and gender theories. Of the four participating pre-schools, three of them have programs that focus especially on gender education. Video recording and focus group discussions are used as research methods. The findings show that outdoor play and learning are seldom problematised from a gender perspective. All pre-schools had a common rhetoric to counteract inequity in the pre-school program. The concepts of gender patterns and gender roles were very problematic, and the professionals had different understandings of the notions and how to put them into practice. Affordances and activities showed different types of gender constructions, in which both professionals and children were active. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10