An Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Gender Equality Course with a Specific Focus on Faculties of Education

Autor/inn/en	Toraman, Cetin; Ozen, Fatmanur
Titel	An Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Gender Equality Course with a Specific Focus on Faculties of Education
Quelle	In: Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14 (2019) 2, S.6-28 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-4289
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Schools of Education; Elective Courses; Required Courses; Sex Fairness; Student Attitudes; Preservice Teachers; Teacher Education Curriculum; Gender Bias; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Pflichtkurs; Sexualaufklärung; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterstereotyp; Türkei
Abstract	In 2015, the Turkish Council of Higher Education declared that the gender equality course would be compulsory or elective in the education programs of universities. This decision is considered to play an important role in ensuring gender equality. The present study was conducted in a faculty of education in Turkey which includes gender equality in its education program as a compulsory-elective course. The aim was to investigate the opinions of the students of the faculty of education on the effects of the course on their views on gender. The comparison of the data collected through the Gender Equality Scale before and after the course shows that the participants were, unexpectedly, more likely to develop the opinion that men are superior to women after the course. Whereas the course did not affect participants' approaches to the opinion that women are dependent on men. Whether teachers' gender perspectives or views on gender equality affect classroom practices; it is envisaged that gender perception, which is shaped by most patriarchal and conservative patterns, will be transferred to future generations through education and will adversely affect the demand for equality in the future. After the findings of this study were discussed with similar research results and then in the application of gender equality in higher education institutions, it was tried to give an idea about the issues to be considered. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://inased.org/epasad/english/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01