It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school
Abstract Promoting adhesion to attitudes toward gender equity is critical to achieving more equal societies, yet endorsement of gender equality among Latin American adolescents remains lower than global averages. This study investigates the role of school environments, civic knowledge, and authorita...
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| description | Abstract Promoting adhesion to attitudes toward gender equity is critical to achieving more equal societies, yet endorsement of gender equality among Latin American adolescents remains lower than global averages. This study investigates the role of school environments, civic knowledge, and authoritarianism in shaping gender equity attitudes among 8th-grade students in Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru, using data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016. Fitting different regression models, we explore the relationships between individual socioeconomic status, classroom practices, and school-wide ideological climates on gender equity endorsement. Findings highlight the pivotal influence of civic knowledge and open classroom discussions as protective factors against authoritarian beliefs, which are negatively associated with gender equity support at both individual and contextual levels. Moreover, peer-group ideological climates significantly shape student attitudes, demonstrating the importance of school environments in fostering or hindering egalitarian beliefs. We discussed the role of school practices in the promotion of gender equity. These findings contribute to the global goal of citizenship education and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly Goal 5, emphasising the role of schools in promoting democratic and gender-equitable values. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-27b981aabdaf4f55a70f37032188bd8d2025-02-09T12:47:37ZengSpringerOpenLarge-scale Assessments in Education2196-07392024-12-0112112310.1186/s40536-024-00235-6It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at schoolNatalia López-Hornickel0Diego Carrasco1Siugmin Lay2Ernesto Treviño3Department of Education, University of BathCentro de Medición MIDE UC, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCentro de Medición MIDE UC, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileFacultad de Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Avda. Vicuña MackennaAbstract Promoting adhesion to attitudes toward gender equity is critical to achieving more equal societies, yet endorsement of gender equality among Latin American adolescents remains lower than global averages. This study investigates the role of school environments, civic knowledge, and authoritarianism in shaping gender equity attitudes among 8th-grade students in Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru, using data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016. Fitting different regression models, we explore the relationships between individual socioeconomic status, classroom practices, and school-wide ideological climates on gender equity endorsement. Findings highlight the pivotal influence of civic knowledge and open classroom discussions as protective factors against authoritarian beliefs, which are negatively associated with gender equity support at both individual and contextual levels. Moreover, peer-group ideological climates significantly shape student attitudes, demonstrating the importance of school environments in fostering or hindering egalitarian beliefs. We discussed the role of school practices in the promotion of gender equity. These findings contribute to the global goal of citizenship education and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly Goal 5, emphasising the role of schools in promoting democratic and gender-equitable values.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-024-00235-6Large-scale assessmentGender equitySustainable developmental goals (SDG)Adolescents |
| spellingShingle | Natalia López-Hornickel Diego Carrasco Siugmin Lay Ernesto Treviño It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school Large-scale Assessments in Education Large-scale assessment Gender equity Sustainable developmental goals (SDG) Adolescents |
| title | It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school |
| title_full | It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school |
| title_fullStr | It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school |
| title_full_unstemmed | It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school |
| title_short | It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school |
| title_sort | it is not just your opinion gender equity endorsement of latin american students and their peers at school |
| topic | Large-scale assessment Gender equity Sustainable developmental goals (SDG) Adolescents |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-024-00235-6 |
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