Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students
Discrimination due to ethnicity, culture and sex is still present in our society and the three are often interconnected. The school is a fundamental place to educate in the competences in interculturality and equality among sexes. The objective of this study is to verify if a short story written ad...
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doaj-3c2c86afa8d7408e9cb1622869e103c92020-11-25T01:38:27ZengUniversidad de Castilla, La ManchaOcnos1885-446X2254-90992018-07-01172556610.18239/ocnos_2018.17.2.15701103Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary studentsAntonio Mateos-Jiménez0Belén Torres-MartínezBeatriz García-FernándezUniversidad de Castilla-La ManchaDiscrimination due to ethnicity, culture and sex is still present in our society and the three are often interconnected. The school is a fundamental place to educate in the competences in interculturality and equality among sexes. The objective of this study is to verify if a short story written ad hoc can be considered a useful didactic resource to work all discriminations. A case study is presented in which the perceptions of a group of students about racism and gender equality have been identified through the application of a questionnaire, before and after a classroom intervention using the short story. The sample was composed by 111 students from 3rd to 6th grade of primary education (8-12 years). The results indicate that the participants modified their perceptions and improved their ideas on non-discrimination in the two areas, without significant differences between the sexes. The didactic interest of the narration used and its novelty as an integrating text of several values and contents is discussed. The need to train teachers to be competent in teaching intercultural and gender skills is claimed.https://revista.uclm.es/index.php/ocnos/article/view/1570relatoracismosexismopercepcionesprimaria |
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Antonio Mateos-Jiménez Belén Torres-Martínez Beatriz García-Fernández Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students Ocnos relato racismo sexismo percepciones primaria |
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Antonio Mateos-Jiménez Belén Torres-Martínez Beatriz García-Fernández |
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Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students |
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Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students |
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Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students |
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Impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students |
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impact of a short story on the perceptions of racism and sexism in primary students |
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Universidad de Castilla, La Mancha |
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1885-446X 2254-9099 |
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Discrimination due to ethnicity, culture and sex is still present in our society and the three are often interconnected. The school is a fundamental place to educate in the competences in interculturality and equality among sexes. The objective of this study is to verify if a short story written ad hoc can be considered a useful didactic resource to work all discriminations. A case study is presented in which the perceptions of a group of students about racism and gender equality have been identified through the application of a questionnaire, before and after a classroom intervention using the short story. The sample was composed by 111 students from 3rd to 6th grade of primary education (8-12 years). The results indicate that the participants modified their perceptions and improved their ideas on non-discrimination in the two areas, without significant differences between the sexes. The didactic interest of the narration used and its novelty as an integrating text of several values and contents is discussed. The need to train teachers to be competent in teaching intercultural and gender skills is claimed. |
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