A Quintessentially Feminine Domain? Student Teachers' Constructions of Primary Teaching as a Career.

Carrington, Bruce

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Publication Date: 2002

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A Quintessentially Feminine Domain? Student Teachers' Constructions of Primary Teaching as a Career.

Carrington, Bruce

Educational Studies, v28 n3 p287-303 Sep 2002

Presents the findings of a survey done in England and Wales on gender differences in graduate students' image of primary teaching as a career. Focuses on the perceptions of men planning to work with younger children and older children respectively. Includes references. (CMK)

Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Males, Preservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Surveys, Teaching (Occupation)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)

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