THE EFFECT OF GENDER INEQUALITY AMONG THE TEACHING STAFF ON THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE TEACHING PROFESSION
AYDAN SHAKIKHANLI, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, graduate student. E-mail: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0878-8231 GUNEL ALAKBAROVA, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, graduate student. E-mail: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1470-4919
Several factors influence people’s thoughts and choices. One of these factors is gender inequality among teaching staff in schools. The predominance of female teachers over male teachers in schools or the fact that there are more male teachers than female teachers may cause students to see this profession as a single gender. Even though we hear that most girls want to become teachers from childhood, the number of boys who wish to do so is less. In the research, we have attempted to determine how gender inequality among school teachers shapes students’ attitudes toward the teaching profession, to what extent, and in what way it affects their orientation towards this profession in the future. The opinions of 8th and 9th-grade students on this topic were examined in the discussion groups organized for this purpose. During the discussion, answers were sought to questions such as “How does gender inequality impact students’ career choices? To what extent are students interested in the teaching field? What are the possible reasons for not choosing teaching as a career path?”
