Gender reproduction in the everyday life of a classroom: ethnographic research

Autor	Mgr. Lucie Jarkovská
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita
Year	2010
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	The thesis analyses (re)production of gender in the classroom. The theoretical framework of the analysis is ethnomethodological in approach and is also inspired by poststructuralist research on children and gender. The research was conducted in the 6th grade of a grammar school (children aged 11 – 13) in the school year 2005/2006 as an ethnographic study in the music, art and family education classes. The analysis strives to apply a complex perspective on gender reproduction within the classroom and focuses on gender at different levels: 1) the level of everyday interaction (doing gender), 2) the level of discourse and positioning of individuals within the discourse and 3) the level of individual identities and significance of gender for girls and boys in the observed classroom. Gender is analysed as continuum and the analysis focuses also at the interplay of gender and other categories: age and ethnicity/nationality. The next part of the thesis is dedicated to gender reproduction within the discourse of sex education. Using such techniques as drawing, short stories and fairytale interpretation the role of gender in children’s fantasies was researched.
Keywords	Childhood; education; ethnography; gender inequalities; sex education
Research type	qualitative
Start date	1. 1. 2007
End date	1. 1. 2010
Obor	AO Sociology, demography
Email	enenkelo@fss.muni.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Link	http://www.is.muni.cz
Research location	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita, Joštova 10, Brno 60200
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita
Organisation web	http://www.is.muni.cz
Possible connection	Number of children and young people in institutional and protective education facilities Pre-school education - number of schools, classes, children Individuals using the Internet in education Participation of Children in Pre-school Education Expenditures on Education