Gender Discrimination in Educational Processes: An Analysis on the Experiences of Studentship (Pages: 757-782)
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Schools don’t only socialize the individuals in a general way, but also they have a strong and restrictive effect on the development of the gender roles. The contents of all the activities which are taking place at school and in the classroom atmosphere convey both hidden and clear messages about gender stereotypes. Schools have an important role in reproducing and strengthening of the gender differentiation through these messages. In this research, it’s aimed to analyze how gender differentiation is experienced at school and in the classroom. The participants are asked open ended questions and their responses are evaluated with descriptive content analysis in the frame of qualitative research approach. According to the results of the research, it’s designated that the gender differentiation is experienced by men at the secondary level of the primary school and by women at the process of secondary education. The actors of sexist attitudes and behaviours in the educational progress are mostly the teachers. Men exposed the physical punishments generally, and women mostly faced sexism related to the educational progress and practice.
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Schools don’t only socialize the individuals in a general way, but also they have a strong and restrictive effect on the development of the gender roles. The contents of all the activities which are taking place at school and in the classroom atmosphere convey both hidden and clear messages about gender stereotypes. Schools have an important role in reproducing and strengthening of the gender differentiation through these messages. In this research, it’s aimed to analyze how gender differentiation is experienced at school and in the classroom. The participants are asked open ended questions and their responses are evaluated with descriptive content analysis in the frame of qualitative research approach. According to the results of the research, it’s designated that the gender differentiation is experienced by men at the secondary level of the primary school and by women at the process of secondary education. The actors of sexist attitudes and behaviours in the educational progress are mostly the teachers. Men exposed the physical punishments generally, and women mostly faced sexism related to the educational progress and practice.
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