The Problem of Transformation of the Teaching Profession into a Female Profession: Views of the Prospective Teachers   
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Aysun Erginer
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emine SAKLAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
Dergi ISSN 1300-5340 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler EBSCO Education Source Database Coverage List, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Index Copernicus
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2022
Cilt No 37
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 894 / 921
DOI Numarası 10.16986/HUJE.2021073629
Makale Linki http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/current-issue.html
Özet
This research aimed to determine the reasons why prospective teachers preferred the teaching profession by gender and discuss the common stereotype that labels teaching as a female profession. The research employed a qualitative descriptive and phenomenological design and a typical case sampling method, which is a purposive sampling technique. The study group of the research consisted of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year prospective teachers at two education faculties of state universities in Turkey, Departments of Primary Education, Social Sciences and Turkish Education, Foreign Languages, Mathematics and Science Education, Computer and Instructional Technologies Education, Educational Sciences, and Fine Arts Education. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed with content analysis. Participants preferred the teaching profession mostly because of individual reasons, such as their own choice or being interested in the field. Another reason following these reasons was "self-identification". According to the participants' views, the teaching profession was characterized by being both a male and female profession (not identifying gender; loving the profession; being talented), being a profession appropriate for females (working hours suitable for females; identifying females with the profession; being compassionate and patient; being aesthetical and polite; and low salary), being a profession appropriate for males (establishing authority in the classroom; being natural; identifying females with the profession due to the lack of knowledge), and considering the job as a male or female profession depending on the situation. Based on the research findings, we concluded that prospective teachers might be trying to establish a balance between economic factors and gender factors.
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