Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal

This paper presents a comparative study of male teachers who work in public, elementary-level education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Aveiro, Portugal. We intended, fundamentally, to research the reasons and consequences of the professional choice of teachers who are engaged in an area typically...

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1. Verfasser: Rabelo, Amanda Oliveira
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Veröffentlicht: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2016
Online Zugang:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/870
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spelling redie-article-8702020-12-14T19:29:02Z Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal Rabelo, Amanda Oliveira Gender professional choice teacher training This paper presents a comparative study of male teachers who work in public, elementary-level education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Aveiro, Portugal. We intended, fundamentally, to research the reasons and consequences of the professional choice of teachers who are engaged in an area typically associated with women – an association so strong that these teachers seem like a “foreign body” in the daily lives of public elementary schools. We show that the presence of male teachers in elementary education is a way of bringing gender issues to the forefront of education, and that there are other issues and other voices that echo in schools, namely, individuals who are capable of exercising this profession regardless of gender. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2016-09-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/870 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 18 No. 3 (2016) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 18 Núm. 3 (2016) 1607-4041 eng https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/870/1466 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/870/1482 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
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Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
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title Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
title_short Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
title_full Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
title_fullStr Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and Aveiro-Portugal
title_sort male teachers in elementary education in the public schools of rio de janeiro-brazil and aveiro-portugal
description This paper presents a comparative study of male teachers who work in public, elementary-level education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Aveiro, Portugal. We intended, fundamentally, to research the reasons and consequences of the professional choice of teachers who are engaged in an area typically associated with women – an association so strong that these teachers seem like a “foreign body” in the daily lives of public elementary schools. We show that the presence of male teachers in elementary education is a way of bringing gender issues to the forefront of education, and that there are other issues and other voices that echo in schools, namely, individuals who are capable of exercising this profession regardless of gender.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
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url https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/870
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