Abstract

CAPPI MANZINI, Ligia  and  DO HORTO SALLES TIELLET, Maria. Female teachers and training of male students as practitioners in a child care center: challenges of relationships between genders. Subj. procesos cogn. [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.71-97. ISSN 1852-7310.

The current research studies the social representations of the male figure as practitioner in a child care center in Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. This is a qualitative research based on interviews using questions and sub-questions. The data was classified according to five different groups composed of teachers, fathers, mothers, employees and male practitioners, with six people per group. The data was processed using the Laurence Bardin content analysis method (2002). The answers to the questions were organized by category, respecting recording and content units. The conceptual framework of the social representations theory was used, focusing on the gender perspective as well as on the theoretical concepts of Lauretis (1994), Izquierdo (1998), Blonde (1997), Scott (1998). Results show that although the male practitioners expressed satisfaction with the typical chores of child care, they also expressed frustration regarding reactions and prejudice of female teachers and staff that went as far as blocking teaching activities organized by the male students.

Keywords : Child education; Child care center; Male students as practitioners; Gender; Female teachers.

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