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Mayeza, Emmanuel; Bhana, Deevia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
This study draws on focus group discussions to explore how 12- to 14-year-old boys in a low economic township primary school in South Africa construct their hegemonic identity as "real boys" in the school playground during break. Addressing masculinity and boys' investment in power is now a major research development in the country,…
Descriptors: Males, Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, Low Income Groups
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Moosa, Shaaista; Bhana, Deevia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
The teaching of young children or Foundation Phase (FP) teaching as it is known in South Africa continues to be regarded as 'women's work'. Lately South African research has focused on encouraging men's participation as FP teachers. In this paper, we offer a critical examination of how South African primary school teachers 'embrace' the need for…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Role Models, Teacher Characteristics, Sex Role
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Bhana, Deevia; Moosa, Shaaista – Gender and Education, 2016
Drawing on a qualitative interview-based study, this article foregrounds the perspectives of a group of male pre-service teachers at a South African university for choosing "not" to specialise in the teaching of young children. Male pre-service teachers in this study associate with teaching older learners in the senior phases,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Males, Masculinity