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Teachers of nursing: gender, trajectories of work and of formation

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyse the formation and work trajectories of technical nursing education teacher nurses, in the dimension of gender relations. With a theoretical and methodological framework related to the sexual division of labor and to oral history, the researchers interviewed four female and two male teachers. The study revealed differences in the way the male and the female teacher nurses began their careers, as well as in the developments of their professional trajectories, due to the interference of familial matters, such as marriage and children. On the other hand, similarities were observed in relation to the educational act: the men and the women are both concerned with the quality of the teaching and learning process and made education an area of caring for others.

Keywords
gender relationships; nursing; professional education; work

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