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Entering the teaching profession as a woman : some student perceptions.

dc.contributor.advisorMoller, Valerie.
dc.contributor.advisorMorrell, Robert Graham.
dc.contributor.advisorPosel, Rosalind.
dc.contributor.authorShepherd, Maryna Bell.
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-12T07:40:55Z
dc.date.available2011-09-12T07:40:55Z
dc.date.created1992
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1992.en
dc.description.abstractThe overall aim of this research is to probe, and attempt an understanding of, women student teachers' choice of teaching as a career. Because of various limitations, this research is no more than an exploratory study, which, hopefully may contribute to a deeper appreciation of teaching as a worthy career. This researcher's own feminist perspective has determined the questions asked in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative research was undertaken, in order to answer the central question of this research: How do some women students at Edgewood College of Education perceive the teaching profession and their role in it? It became obvious that teaching is perceived by too many as a short term job, rather than as a long-term career; but when circumstances governing teachers' employment, coupled with the influences of a patriarchal society are considered, this perception is perhaps not unexpected. Some tentative recommendations are offered to counter this negative perception of teaching as a convenient, but temporary job for women.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/3618
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectTheses--Gender studies.en
dc.subjectWomen teachers--South Africa.en
dc.subjectStudent teachers--South Africa--Attitudes.en
dc.subjectSexism in education--South Africa.en
dc.titleEntering the teaching profession as a woman : some student perceptions.en
dc.typeThesisen

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