özer, ömer adana science and technology university - school of foreign languages, Turkey

Gender roles in school:the case of teachers and administrators

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This study aims to explore gender perceptions in school from the perspectives of teachersand administrators and to investigate if any of those perceptions might have an effect on thedisproportionate representation of female administrators. The study was carried out using asample of public school teachers. The participants were selected using convenience sampling. Thestudy was conducted with a quantitative approach using a questionnaire. A sample of 71 male and111 female teachers and administrators were asked to complete a questionnaire of 21 statements,which measures gender views. It was found that there is a noticeable dependence between teachers’work experience and their viewpoint of gender equality, and this indicates that as work experience increases, a teacher is more likely to have a gender-neutral view. More than half of the teachers who prefer head of the school to be a woman reported that female administrators are better at public relations than their male counterparts. Overall, the survey reflects a gender-neutral view of managerial skills, however, there is room for improvement in the promotion of female teachers to administrative positions.

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Gender differences , gender roles , implicit stereotype , glass ceiling

Journal Of Educational Sciences

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