Friday 21 December 2018

How kindergartens serve as 'gendergartens'

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Sociologists at the Higher School of Economics showed that preschool education has its own hidden curriculum: kindergarten teachers transmit social norms to children, including conservative ideas of femininity and masculinity. Girls are expected to have 'proper' character and behavior, to be obedient and pretty, take an interest in music and dance, and to like the color pink.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2BwIX1j

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