Outdoor education and becoming-man

Jirásek, Ivo

doi:10.1007/s42322-021-00086-7

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“…Rituals of passage (Bílý, 2012;van Gennep, 2018), shamanic initiation (Eliade, 1964), initiate mystagogy (Eliade, 1981), baptism or confirmation in Christianity, and many other phenomena are indicative of a common feature of personal transformation in the transformation of boys into men. These days, outdoor education courses, for example, can may provide the initiation experience of "becoming a man" (Jirásek, 2021).…”

Section: Masculinity Emotion and Warm Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal education for boys only? The theme of gender in the work of Jaroslav Foglar

Jirásek,

Macků,

Němec

et al. 2023

Journal of Pedagogy

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The paper deals with the work of the Czech children’s author Jaroslav Foglar from a gender perspective, reflecting on two themes in particular: the absence of heroines; and his understanding of boys’ reciprocity and friendship with the adoration of physicality. The impetus for this analysis was data from a questionnaire survey, the aim of which was to determine which aspects of Jaroslav Foglar’s work are most appreciated by readers and which they think apply to real life. The quantitative analysis of the data (n=1174) did not reveal any statistically significant differences in the men’s and women’s responses; however, the qualitative analysis of the open-ended statements is illustrative of the underrepresentation of girls among literary heroes. The diverse ways in which Foglar’s work captures friendships between boys allow even today’s readers to expand their perceptions of masculinity beyond traditionally defined boundaries.

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confidence: 99%

Informal education for boys only? The theme of gender in the work of Jaroslav Foglar

Jirásek,

Macků,

Němec

et al. 2023

Journal of Pedagogy

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“…However, the disregard for human corporeality as a necessary part of the human way of being and the perception of solely social pressures as determining the life of the individual seems to be too reductive, so that a more balanced conception of corporeality and gender is sought in the debate with the new materialism and biologism (Cameron, 2010;Davis, 2009). The element of dynamics and development also enters academic attention, for example in relation to the philosophical concept of 'becoming' in the wider discussion around the notion of 'becoming-woman' (Batra, 2012;Sotirin, 2011), or in relation to the phenomenology of possible 'becoming-man' processes (Jirásek, 2021b). This does not, however, reject the basic thesis of constructivism, i.e., that a child behaves as presented to oneself or in relation to what is reinforced by society -e.g., if masculine behaviour is demanded of boys, boys in turn demand masculinity from other peers.…”

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Gender Themes in Czech Books for Children of Younger School Age

Jirásek,

Maceková

2023

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Children’s literature can become one of the means of shaping personal identity, including gender socialization. The main characters portrayed in a book can become a kind of gender role model. The study examines gender themes in Czech books for children of younger school age that have been awarded the Golden Ribbon and Magnesia Litera prizes. The selected books (n=15) were analysed through quantitative content analysis and qualitative thematic analysis. The main findings include the fact that 596 different characters (as well as 29 main characters among them) are represented from a position of gender imbalance (boys and men are represented twice as often as girls and women). In other similarly focused research, the gender imbalance in the number of literary heroes did not have an effect on readers' popularity or the impact of reading on readers, regardless of their gender self-identification. From the results obtained, therefore, we do not conclude on social discrimination, since from a gender perspective we do not encounter any erosion of respect for any individual.

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