The Study of the Lower Graders¡¦ Sex Roles and Stereotypes
in a Primary school
Sue-Min Hong
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the lower graders¡¦ views on sex roles and stereotypes. In addition, this study aims to explore whether the attitudes of parents have influence on children¡¦s views on sex roles and stereotypes. And the research problem intends to examine the differences of boys¡¦ and girls¡¦ views. The subjects are twelve 2nd grade children (6 females, 6 males). The author would like to understand the lower graders¡¦ views on sex roles and stereotypes which relate to infer the correlation of parents and children in order to offer some implications on children¡¦s sex education in the future. The study adopts individual interview and focus group interview to collect data. The former of which is to use ¡§Pilot Questionnaire¡¨ to know individuals, and the latter of which is to employ ¡§Focus Group Interview Outline¡¨ after children have read picture¡¦s books on sex stereotypes. In addition, there are six mothers who are interviewed (3 females, 3 males). The final conclusions as following: (1) the lower graders don¡¦t think sex roles as distinctive in nature, which might be influenced by adults attitudes and their experiences of life; (2) the stereotypes of lower graders whose personality traits reveal frankly and strong for boys and dependent for girls; and children¡¦s interests are differently among both sexes; and in achievements boys are better than girls and girls catch hardly; (3) the relation of children¡¦s views on sex roles and stereotypes to those of parents reveals that parents¡¦ image is the best teaching materials, then the deviation leads children¡¦s stereotypes; (4) in comparison with boys¡¦ and girls¡¦ views, they tend to obey the adult¡¦s rules, and focus not alike as growing up in different world, and obtaining modification of behaviors and beliefs after reading. As for sex stereotypes, boys tend to be difficult to escape and girls intend to counter gender¡¦s bounds. This study offers some suggestions on children¡¦s sex education and future research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0121103-113056 |
| Date | 21 January 2003 |
| Creators | Hong, Sue-Min |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0121103-113056 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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