“Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University?
This sociological qualitative study identifies reasons why female pre-service teachers believe males are underrepresented in primary education courses at Australian universities. The findings of the study suggest that the nineteenth century naturalistic discourse of nurturance continues to sustain t...
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Kura Publishing
2014-03-01
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| Series: | International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iejee.com/6_2_2014/IEJEE_6_2_lovett.pdf |
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| description | This sociological qualitative study identifies reasons why female pre-service teachers believe males are underrepresented in primary education courses at Australian universities. The findings of the study suggest that the nineteenth century naturalistic discourse of nurturance continues to sustain the notion that primary school teaching is a female profession. The study argues that this socially-conservative gender discourse remains essentially unchallenged and maintains a significant negative influence on males’ willingness to take up a career in primary teaching. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-978dff44f8ec4fd4bb23e716d9d011cc2023-02-15T16:16:23ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982014-03-0162347356“Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University?Trevor LOVETT0University of South AustraliaThis sociological qualitative study identifies reasons why female pre-service teachers believe males are underrepresented in primary education courses at Australian universities. The findings of the study suggest that the nineteenth century naturalistic discourse of nurturance continues to sustain the notion that primary school teaching is a female profession. The study argues that this socially-conservative gender discourse remains essentially unchallenged and maintains a significant negative influence on males’ willingness to take up a career in primary teaching.http://www.iejee.com/6_2_2014/IEJEE_6_2_lovett.pdfGenderNurturancePrimary TeachersCaringSocial ConstructionismMasculinities |
| spellingShingle | Trevor LOVETT “Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University? International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education Gender Nurturance Primary Teachers Caring Social Constructionism Masculinities |
| title | “Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University? |
| title_full | “Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University? |
| title_fullStr | “Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University? |
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| title_short | “Going going.....” Why are Males Underrepresented in Pre-Service Primary Education Courses at University? |
| title_sort | going going why are males underrepresented in pre service primary education courses at university |
| topic | Gender Nurturance Primary Teachers Caring Social Constructionism Masculinities |
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