Evaluación de la homofobia en los futuros docentes de Educación Secundaria

Abstract

Resumen El presente artículo pretendía valorar, entre otras cuestiones, el nivel de homofobia de los futuros docentes de Educación Secundaria (ES). La muestra estuvo constituida por 214 estudiantes (n= 214) que estaban realizando el Máster Universitario en Formación de Profesorado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanzas de Idiomas (MFPS). Para la evaluación se elaboró un cuestionario validado mediante comisión de expertos y estudio piloto. Los resultados encontrados permitieron afirmar que una quinta parte del futuro profesorado manifestaba actitudes homófobas principalmente de tipo cognitivo y afectivo.Palabras clave: homofobia, educación secundaria, profesorado, evaluación. Training: Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching (MFPS). For this purpose, a survey validated by a committee of experts and a pilot study were conducted. The findings suggest that 20 % of prospective teachers showed a homophobic attitude, especially at cognitive and affective levels. Abstract This paper aimed at measuring for the first time homophobia levels (inter alia) among Secondary Education teachers in Spain. The sample was composed of 214 students (n=214) of the University´s Master´s Degree in Teacher

Evaluation of Sexist and Prejudiced Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Spanish Future Teachers: Analysis of Related Variables

“…As opposed to the fourth hypothesis, the present study reveals a low level of negative attitudes toward homosexuality among the students surveyed. These results coincide with those obtained by Penna Tosso and Sánchez Sáinz (2015) in a sample of 214 students of the Master in Teachers from Compulsory Secondary Education and Bachiller, Vocational Training and Language Teaching, where they found reduced levels of behavioral homophobia and normalization of homophobic violence, as well as low maintenance of cognitive and affective homophobia. Scandurra et al (2017) found similar, though slightly higher, levels of homophobia in a sample of 438 practicing teachers.…”

“…Throughout the discussion, the main conclusions of the research have been drawn and the results obtained in similar works have been shown. Given the scarcity of studies on teachers' attitudes toward homosexuals, this work can be considered novel, since traditionally the analysis of homophobia and heterosexist attitudes has focused on students at school (Pérez-Testor et al, 2010;Penna Tosso and Sánchez Sáinz, 2015).…”

“…In relation to attitudes toward homosexuals, as indicated by Pérez-Testor et al (2010) , few studies address this issue in teachers, with slightly more frequent research with students from the Faculties of Education: future teachers, social educators, pedagogues and teachers of secondary, high school, professional training or language teaching ( Piedra et al, 2013 ; Penna Tosso and Mateos Casado, 2014 ; Penna Tosso, 2015 ; Penna Tosso and Sánchez Sáinz, 2015 ; Robles-Reina et al, 2017 ).…”

“…Furthermore, it has been intimately linked to homophobia. This is defined by Penna Tosso and Sánchez Sáinz (2015 , p. 84) as “behavioral, cognitive and/or affective hostility toward those who are supposed to desire or have sexual practices with individuals of their own sex.” For these authors, homophobia would also include the rejection of and discrimination against all sexual and gender identities that threaten the dominant hetero-patriarchal system. In this sense, Núñez Noriega (2016) recalls that the identities accepted and promoted by the sex/gender system need homophobia, since it allows them to delimit and maintain their contours and contents.…”

“…Therefore, this research focuses on studying the sexist attitudes and beliefs toward homosexuality of future Primary Education teachers and future teachers of Compulsory Secondary Education, Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching. For this purpose, a feminist perspective has been chosen, since, as indicated by Penna Tosso (2015) , Penna Tosso and Sánchez Sáinz (2015) , and Núñez Noriega (2016) , negative attitudes and rejection of homosexuality and other sexual identities are linked to sexism.…”