Contributing to the many initiatives around the globe that foster gender education in primary school, we present the pioneering case of Paillaco (Chile). An educational program on “gender, affectivity and sexuality”, implemented since 2014, which has been influential in challenging gender injustice in education in the region and offers a potential template for others to follow. This case study, framed as Feminist Activist Research, aims to identify: the theoretical and pedagogical discourses that shape the program; the subjectivities of the schoolteachers appointed as “gender monitors”; and the effects and challenges perceived in and by the community. Results show that the program draws on critical-feminist pedagogies, queer theory and appeals for the provision of a comprehensive sexuality education. Training the teachers emerges as the key for raising gender awareness. Finally, positive changes such as reduction of gender violence are perceived because of the implementation of the program.
La introducción de la llamada «perspectiva de género» y de las pedagogías feministas es en la actualidad una necesidad ineludible para poder dar respuesta a los retos sociales con respecto a la igualdad de género. Numerosas investigaciones muestran evidencias sobre las relaciones de poder de género que ya se perciben desde la educación primaria a través de diversas manifestaciones, como, por ejemplo, la territorialización o la segmentación del espacio como resultado del poder de unos sujetos sobre otros; las preferencias de juego y de relación; las actitudes estereotipadas de género, identidad y expresión de género y los estereotipos de género sexualizados; los logros académicos dispares en función del género, o incluso el acoso sexista entre iguales o el acoso escolar LGBTIQ-fóbico. Estas injusticias contribuyen a favorecer que el alumnado experimente malestares que impactan negativamente en las experiencias y en las trayectorias educativas.
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