Situated Decoding of Gender in a Swedish Preschool Practice

Autor/in	Frödén, Sara
Titel	Situated Decoding of Gender in a Swedish Preschool Practice
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 14 (2019) 2, S.121-135 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Frödén, Sara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745 -7823
DOI	10.1080/17457823.2017.1422135
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Preschool Education; Classroom Environment; Educational Practices; Play; Toys; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Bildungspraxis; Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Schweden
Abstract	This article is based on data generated in an ethnographic study of gender in a Swedish preschool. Drawing on Judith Butler's understanding of performativity and (un)doing of gender, a new theoretical concept, "situated decoding of gender," is further developed by showing how the material and spatial dimension of the educational practice and the teachers' actions contribute to establishing and maintaining this process in an early childhood educational setting. Instead of normalising the gender binary, a reverse process occurs that turns what is perceived as feminine or masculine into a gender decoded state in which gender is made less relevant, or even irrelevant. It is argued that this continuous reiterative process emerges and is maintained by three main factors: (a) the preschool's physical environment, (b) the regular and repetitive structure of the educational practice and (c) the consistent actions of the teachers in the everyday practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01