A course on gender equity in education: Does it affect gender role attitudes of preservice teachers?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Erden, Feyza Tantekin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward gender roles; Gender equity; Gender socialization; Preservice teachers' attitudes; Teacher education programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249087120     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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