Perception of gender diversity of students on vocational training

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Published: Nov 19, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v4.1024
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gender equality attention to diversity vocational training gender stereotypes family Environment

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María E. Urrea-Solano
Universidad de Alicante
María J. Hernández-Amorós
Universidad de Alicante
Lucía Granados Alós
Universidad Internacional de Valencia
Nelly G. Lagos San Martín
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Ricardo Sanmartín López
Universidad de Alicante
José Manuel García Fernández
Universidad de Alicante

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Making citizens more respectful of and sensitive to diversity means recognizing the sexist, stereotypical beliefs that still exist in our society today. With this in mind, the present paper aims to identify the presence of gender stereotypes among students on vocational training courses. It will also look for the existence of possible differences according to sex and the level of training course studied (general or higher degree). The instrument used for this purpose is the Gender Role Attitudes Scale, with a sample of 135 students on training courses at a public integrated vocational training centre in the province of Alicante. A Student’s t-test confirmed the existence of significant differences according to sex and training level studied. As far as sex is concerned, female students had significantly higher average scores when arguing for gender equality in a family setting and for joint responsibility in carrying out household tasks. Male students, however, had significantly higher average scores as regards sexism within the family, believing in a different way of bringing up children under the responsibility of the mother. Meanwhile it was students on higher training courses that had higher averages as regards the equitable distribution of household tasks. These results lead one to believe that gender equality awareness-raising measures should be introduced in the area of vocational training as a successful strategy for attending to diversity.

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Urrea-Solano, M. E., Hernández-Amorós, M. J., Granados Alós, L., Lagos San Martín, N. G., Sanmartín López, R., & García Fernández, J. M. (2017). Perception of gender diversity of students on vocational training. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 4(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v4.1024
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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Monograph No. 3. Psychology today: challenges, achievements and perspectives of the future. Attention to diversity
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