Education students' attitudes toward gender roles

Abstract

The focus of this study is to examine candidate teachers' and school counsellors' attitudes towards gender roles and to see if the variables like gender, years spent at the Faculty of Education (or grade level), and the area of study within the Faculty of Education have any impact on their attitudes toward gender roles. A total of 562 subjects participated in the sample of the study. The data were collected by administering a questionnaire which measures attitudes toward gender roles. The study has three independent variables - gender, area of study, and grade level. The data were analysed by using one-way ANOVA, Sheffe test and t-test. It was found that, according to the gender and the area of study, students present differences in their attitudes towards gender roles, but there was no significant difference between different grade levels.