RLEI

 

2019 - Vol. 13, Num. 2  
           
 

Novice Teachers and Gender Representations in the Framework of Inclusive Education

 
      
  Violeta Quiroz-Fuentes, Melissa Sennas-Vásquez and Sylvia Contreras-Salinas
   
  Abstract    
   
 

Contributing to the discussion that questions sexist education and its permanence within the Chilean school system, it is decided to develop a study, which has as main objective to describe the gender representations of the novice teachers of basic general education, whose development framework Professional is Inclusive Education. It was framed in a descriptive qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews as an information collection tool for an intentional sample of participants. Among the findings, it is highlighted that in the participants' speeches there is a transition in the gender category associated with biologic and also the sociocultural, while observing inconsistencies and contradictions in their speeches regarding Inclusive Education. Likewise, the conclusions highlight the proposals that participants indicate for the Initial Teacher Training programs within the framework of Inclusive Education, being the affectivity and performativity of the language those elements that affect the subsequent professional development.

 
   
  Key words  
   
 

Gender roles; Teachers; Inclusive education; Teacher education; Chile.

 
   
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  Reference  
 
 
Quiroz Fuentes, V., Sennas Vásquez, M., & Contreras Salinas, S. (2019). Profesores noveles y representaciones de género en el marco de la educación inclusiva [Novice teachers and gender representations in the framework of inclusive education]. Revista Latinoamericana de Educación Inclusiva, 13(2), 243-257.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782019000200243