Need of Gender Sensitization among Teacher Trainees: Perception of Teacher Educators

Abstract

Gender’ is a social construct, which has been strengthened with time by different social institutions, including family, educational institutions, workplace, religion, norms and beliefs. Gender-based discriminations exists in all walks of life and every part of society, including everyday interactions at the workplace and public space. Teachers could play an important role in sensitizing the next generation of country towards gender issues. Without sensitizing teacher trainees, it is impossible to sensitize the younger generation. The present situation of teacher training institutions has encouraged the researcher to conduct a study to understand the perception of teacher educators towards the need of gender sensitization for trainee teachers. The Researcher used descriptive survey research design. All the teacher educators working in government or private institutions are treated as population of the study. After analysing the data, the researcher found that to train pre-service teachers about gender equality is important and can make a difference. The researcher found gender stereotype attitude, gender biasness and institutionalisation of profession in response of few statements and it is more surprised that even females’ respondents are become habitual of gender roles like the female respondents with good percentage admits that women’s basic task is motherhood and men are naturally not suited for bringing up the children, men stated that women should stick to teaching and nursing profession like.