Construction of the gender relations among teachers inside of an educational space

Abstract

This paper proposes an analysis regarding the construction of gender relations between teachers of a private educational institution in the city of Cuenca.The investigation was carried out under a qualitative methodology, whose participants were nine teachers, women and men, inside the educationalspace mentioned before. Semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and speech analysis were applied; moreover, a detailed bibliographicalreview was done. The results show that the interactions of gender in social institutions, in this case, the school, continue to be involved in values and behaviors that lead to sexist stereotypes. In addition, the incorrect form in which teachers perceive the gender viewpoint, emphasizes inequality in an environment of constant friction, that in many cases works unconsciously.The analysis indicates that the teachers’ staff in educational institutions are not always participating actors in the deconstruction of stereotypes; thus,it is that the speeches continue to be reproduced from a position of power.