Teacher's role model in gender education of students

• Author: Elvira Dode
• Position: University ofElbasan
• Pages: 79-87

ISSN 2410-3918 Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol 1 No 2

Acces online at www.iipccl.org IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania July 2015

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Teacher’s role model ingender education of students

Dr. Elvira Dode

University ofElbasan

Abstract

Gender education as an important part of education, aects by the role and attitudes of

teachers. Including gender perspective in schools is a prerequisite in alienable of human

development, instead insuring gender equality it is considered as respecting human rights.

Elimination of the gender stereotypes has a two-fold signicance since itemsurest gender equality

not only in the school system but even in the society as a whole.

Gender stereotype messages, regardless by hidden or displayed form, unilaterally inuence

the development of the personality in its appearance as well as the formation of the individual.

Children learn about gender identity simply by observing what happens in dierent circumstances

around.In education exist gender disparities,which can be assessed by means of measurable

indicators. So, the content of the curricula and instructive texts, the interactive relationships

teacher-students,the institutional ambiance, etc.play an important role into the preservation and

transmission of the gender disparity stereotypes through the messages they convey. 

e purpose of thestudy is to perform a systematic research in order to show the scale and shape

in which gender stereotypes are portrayed and shown in social life,eventhrough the role model of

teacherand their aecting the education for a democratic society. To achieve this goal, we use the

method of studying the existing literature; a detailed analysis of the questionnaires and interviews

content with school directors and teachers of pre-university education in city: Shkodër, Tiranë,

Elbasan, Pogradec, Korçë. Parents and teachers attitudes, seems to be a role model and aect the

education of students. erefore it is necessary before to teach students about gender equality,

teachers need to be careful in their behavior about gender equality as an integral part of thinking.

Need to have successful teacher, to get successful students otherwise should be successful students

to get the advantage of a successful society (Fullan, 2002, 53).

Keywords: Gender education, role model, stereotypes, attitudes, institutional area.

Goal of the Study

e scope of the study is to emphasize the prole and the level of presentation in which

gender stereotypes are portrayed in school social life, through teacher’s role model.

Evidentely we could see the role of teachers in gender education. e study emphasizes

the need for interaction as well as the continuously eorts between the stakeholders in

education to create models for avoiding gender stereotypes.

Methodology

e study of literature of the total interdependent factors have been used in purpose

of comparing trends, to collect arguments which support and help the identication of

teacher’s role-model. ose who directly and indirectly aects on gender education of