Lärares inställning till genus och könsroller
en attitydundersökning
AbstractA Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written by Mary Wollstonecraft. It was published in 1792 and as the titel reveals it dicusses what kind of rights women ought to have. Several authors, who have argued that women should not have the same rights as men, are mentioned in the book. One of them is Rousseau. His thoughts about different education for girls and boys are shown in Émile. Whereas Wollstonecraft and Rousseaus ideas about the meaning of gender fell apart, the discussion about gender and how it affects us is still a popular subject in 2006.The aim of this essay was to see what kind of attitude teachers from a school, located in the south of Stockholm, had towards gender and gender roles. The teaching-plan brings up the subject by saying that it is important to encourage the students to not reastrain themselves because of which gender they have. However, the literature that has been used in this essay shows that boys and girls get treated differently, because of their gender. The method that was used is interviews with the teachers, which became twelve interviews with twelve teachers. The result shows that the teachers had different attitudes towards the subject. While a few of them seemed very interested of the subject, most of them were not working activley to fulfil what is said in the teaching-plan. Many of the teachers were aware of how they themselves made a clear difference between boys and girls. The girls are seen as more fragile than the boys who get a rougher treatment. Three of the teachers showed a lot of excitement during the interview and they worked a lot with gender issues, trying their best to not treat the students differently on the basis of gender. However, almost all of the interviewed theachers wanted to work more with the subject. One of the obstacles that was mentioned was not knowing how to proceed. They requested more material, such as exercises they could do in the classroom and among the other teachers. Another obstacle seemed to be the management, who had shown very little interest in the subject.Keywords: genus, könsroller, inställning, lärare, elever, könstillhörighet.