Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorGilmour, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Marcinaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-31T19:59:19Z
dc.date.available2014-12-31T19:59:19Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 97-106).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aimed to investigate whether there is a gender bias in the way teachers discipline boys and girls. The study was conducted in an affluent school in Cape Town and consisted of 113 participants, 97 students (48 boys and 49 girls) and 16 teachers and staff (6 males and 10 females). The data showed that although teachers assume they are being gender neutral in the way they respond to misdemeanors committed by boys and girls, in reality, this is not the case. However, even though the biases of the teachers are largely unconscious, the students were very much aware of the biased nature of the teachers. The data also revealed that male and female teachers react and respond differently when they discipline boys and girls and that male teachers focus more on serious offenses whereas female teachers focused on the less serious offenses.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSingh, M. (2010). <i>Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10780en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSingh, Marcina. <i>"Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10780en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSingh, M. 2010. Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Singh, Marcina AB - This thesis aimed to investigate whether there is a gender bias in the way teachers discipline boys and girls. The study was conducted in an affluent school in Cape Town and consisted of 113 participants, 97 students (48 boys and 49 girls) and 16 teachers and staff (6 males and 10 females). The data showed that although teachers assume they are being gender neutral in the way they respond to misdemeanors committed by boys and girls, in reality, this is not the case. However, even though the biases of the teachers are largely unconscious, the students were very much aware of the biased nature of the teachers. The data also revealed that male and female teachers react and respond differently when they discipline boys and girls and that male teachers focus more on serious offenses whereas female teachers focused on the less serious offenses. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa TI - Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10780 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10780
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSingh M. Engendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10780en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducational Administration, Planning and Social Policyen_ZA
dc.titleEngendering discipline : perceptions and practices of students and teachers in a secondary school in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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