Gender Issues in English Language Teacher Education: Cinderella's Awakening through Comparative Literature

Autor/inn/en	Kumlu, Esin; Çomoglu, Hatice Irem
Titel	Gender Issues in English Language Teacher Education: Cinderella's Awakening through Comparative Literature
Quelle	In: Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 16 (2021) 1, S.99-112 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kumlu, Esin) ORCID (Çomoglu, Hatice Irem)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-4289
Schlagwörter	Gender Issues; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Teacher Education; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Relationship; Childrens Literature; Fairy Tales; Comparative Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterfrage; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Türkei
Abstract	The socio-dynamics of the 21st century classroom reveals the importance of gender sensitivity as a living mechanism which constructs both intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships. This study explores how reading and discussing comparative children's literature could impact pre-service English teachers' understanding of gender issues at a university in the west of Turkey. Adopting a qualitative case study design, the present study involved 25 senior pre-service teachers who were taking the literature course in the 2018-2019 academic year, fall term. Data was collected through written reports and semi-structured interviews. We analyzed the data inductively with codes and themes developing out of a recursive process of data collection and analysis. The findings display that a comparative analysis of fairy tales is an effective means through which the pre-service teachers develop gender sensitivity and become critically literate as a teacher. Besides, the comparative analysis helps the female participants improve self-sufficiency as a woman. Implications are also included for language teacher education programs. (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://epasr.penpublishing.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01