Development of Gender Knowledge and Gender Typed Beliefs: Differences Between Single & Mixed Sex School Children in Addis Ababa
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to investigate developmental change of gender knowledge
and gender typed beliefs (gender stereotype) between purposely selected single sex and mixed sex
school children. To this end ,the relationship between age, sex, gender knowledge and gender
stereotype and the difference on gender knowledge and gender stereotype were examined in five
and six year old boys and girls. Data were obtained from 162 children and their parents (i. e., 81
from mixed and 81 from single sex school children). Quantitative methods were used to obtain
data, analyzed and discuss the findings. Major findings showed that the predictor variable age
has relationship with the out come variable gender knowledge and gender stereotype. It was also
found that five year aids displayed lower level of gender knowledge level than six year aids. This
was truefor both sexes. Boys and girls were not differing in knowledge of gender because of their
sex. The result also showed that six year aids displayed higher awareness of gender stereotype
than five year aids. In addition to this, it was also found that female school children displayed
lesser on gender stereotype than mixed sex children and male single sex school their mean
difference were, with mixed sex school children =-2.07 and with male single sex school children
=-1 .2951. Children's gender knowledge and gender stereotype was also varied do to their
parent's gender rule attitude and educational level .The analyses of the result shows that
children from modern mothers and fathers displayed a lesser amount of knowledge of gender and
gender stereotype .Similarly children from higher educated parents were showed less awareness
in gender and gender stereotype than children from illiterate and primary education parents.
To sum up, since the present only shows the variation of children in their understanding of
gender and gender stereotype it is advisable making further reserved on the area and on which
this study doesn't teach to fill the gap.
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Differences between Single & Mixed Sex School Children