Gender respect and equality in the initial teacher training

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the analysis of the opinions of 353 students enrolled in the Master’s degree in Secondary Education Teacher Training at the University of Córdoba (Spain) regarding cross-curricular competences focused on organizing learning spaces that promote gender respect and equality. Through a Likert scale questionnaire, data have been collected in relation to the level of development and the importance conferred to each competence. The results show differences in terms of gender and macro-areas of knowledge in the case of the level of development. We believe that it is necessary to study in depth the factors that favor these differences as well as the evolution of the diverse learning styles by university degree and gender. This would allow a greater understanding of the learning methods of the students and therefore, an improvement of their training process.