ABSTRACT:
This article aimed to present the conceptions of undergraduate students in Pedagogy, from a public university in São Paulo, about the concept of gender, relating the concepts evidenced in their conceptions with the production of feminist gender literature. For such, it explores results obtained from an open questionnaire, using the technique of Content Analysis (CA). The participant sample consisted of 165 subjects (N=165), enrolled in the initial and final years of the course, which set the research, which attributed to the investigation the cross-sectional research design. It is noteworthy that the conceptions of the undergraduate students about the concept of gender were distributed in five main concepts: in conception 1) polysemic; 2) biologizing and religious; 3) functionalist; 4) identity; and 5) associated with sexuality. It is concluded that the participants do not have a formation in gender based on the scientific knowledge coming from the productions of the feminist gender literature, with the exception of those who understand gender in the identitarian and functionalist perspectives, but that show themselves in fragile notions and without the evocation of a certain theory or author of the literature.
Keywords:
Education; Gender; Initial teacher formation; Pedagogy
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Legend: The chart presents the first category identified representative of the conceptions of gender of the participants about the concept of gender, entitled Gender in the polysemy of the word, together with the indicators extracted from the answers that generated this category. The category was formed from the indicators of 20 of the 109 subjects who answered question number 3 of the questionnaire, which concerned 18.34% of this sample. Source: Research data
Source: Research data Legend: The chart presents the second category identified representative of the conceptions of gender of the participants about the concept of gender, entitled Gender in biological conception, as synonymous with sex and frequent association with religious discourse, together with the indicators extracted from the answers that generated this category. The category was formed from the indicators of 30 of the 109 subjects who answered question number 3 of the questionnaire, which concerned 27.52% of this sample.
Source: Research data Legend: The chart presents the third category identified representative of the conceptions of gender of the participants about the concept of gender, entitled Gender close to its classical academic functionalist conception, along with the indicators extracted from the answers that generated this category. The category was formed from the indicators of 37 of the 109 subjects who answered question number 03 of the questionnaire, which concerned 33.94% of this sample.
Source: Research data Legend: The chart presents the fourth category identified representative of the conceptions of the participants about the concept of gender, entitled Gender as a personal identity, chosen or identified, oriented to those historically affirmed or beyond, together with the indicators extracted from the answers that generated this category. The category was formed from the indicators of 31 of the 109 subjects who answered question number 3 of the questionnaire, which concerned 28.44% of this sample.
Source: Research data Legend: The chart presents the fifth category identified representative of the conceptions of gender of the participants about the concept of gender, entitled Gender associated with sexual desire, along with the indicators extracted from the answers that generated this category. The category was formed from the indicators of 15 of the 109 subjects who answered question number 3 of the questionnaire, which concerned 13.76% of this sample.