Contribution of reading to gender training in the Social Education Degree: census and descriptive research

Abstract

This article describes a research on the contribution of reading to gender training of degree students in Social Education. The research includes the Spanish universities (29 public and 7 private). A descriptive and census research was carried out. An online questionnaire was sent to 4th year students, which was answered by 213 people, of which 86.4% were women; for it is a feminized degree. The aim was to know their opinion about the contribution of reading to their gender training. The qualitative validity has been obtained through the trial of 18 experts in this matter.

The data show the importance of the readings on gender in their training due to its contribution to the development of critical thinking and its commitment to implementing actions aimed at achieving equality between men and women. Thus, it is a way to fight against all forms of discrimination against women. These data mostly indicate that it is at the University where they have been trained in equality between men and women.