Practicing Gender Pedagogy: The Case of Egalia
Abstract
Egalia is a state-funded pre-school that provides education to 1-6-year-old
children in Sweden. What separates Egalia from other schools is the gender-neutral
pedagogy practiced in the school. The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensions
of the gender-neutral pedagogy practiced in the school and the principles it is based on. A
document analysis approach was followed in the present investigation. A total of 16
documents have been gathered and content analysis was administered. The results have
been grouped under the following themes: school’s objectives; philosophy; philosophical
principles; educational principles; curriculum approach; gender-neutral pedagogy and the
effects of this particular pedagogy on school activities, emotions, character traits, and the
language and materials used in the school; recruitment of gender pedagogues, school’s
recruitment policy, teachers’ roles and school-parent relationship. A gender-neutral
pedagogy model has been presented based on the results.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Ekim 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
31 Mayıs 2019
Kabul Tarihi
30 Eylül 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 4