Gender Discourse About an Ethic of Care: Nursery Schoolteachers' Perspectives

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Title: Gender Discourse About an Ethic of Care: Nursery Schoolteachers' Perspectives
Language: English
Authors: Rodriguez, Ma del Carmen, Pena, J. Vicente, Fernandez, Carmen Ma, Vinuela, Ma Paulina
Source: Gender & Education. Mar 2006 18(2):183-197.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2006
Intended Audience: Students; Teachers
Document Type: Information Analyses
Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship, Altruism, Preschool Teachers, Focus Groups, Young Children, Personal Narratives
Geographic Terms: Spain
ISSN: 0954-0253
Abstract: In this paper we will show some of the results of research which took place in the Principality of Asturias (Spain). Its purpose was finding out the gender discourses used by nursery teachers. Although we will not provide an exhaustive list of all the conclusions reached so far, we will put forward one of the aspects which has been developed throughout the investigation; that is, we will discuss some of our observations and hypotheses on the differences observed by the teachers in boys and girls' caring and supporting behaviours. In order to do so, we focus on the type of discourse related to the ethic of care. We consider it a tool which allows teachers to build a type of narrative in which boys and girls are presented as opposites, relational and different from one another.
Abstractor: ERIC
Number of References: 58
Entry Date: 2005
Access URL: https://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=U5386632033H55U4
Accession Number: EJ721814
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In this paper we will show some of the results of research which took place in the Principality of Asturias (Spain). Its purpose was finding out the gender discourses used by nursery teachers. Although we will not provide an exhaustive list of all the conclusions reached so far, we will put forward one of the aspects which has been developed throughout the investigation; that is, we will discuss some of our observations and hypotheses on the differences observed by the teachers in boys and girls' caring and supporting behaviours. In order to do so, we focus on the type of discourse related to the ethic of care. We consider it a tool which allows teachers to build a type of narrative in which boys and girls are presented as opposites, relational and different from one another.
ISSN:0954-0253