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Tiedekunta - Fakultet - Faculty Educational Sciences Laitos - Institution - Department Teacher Education Tekijä - Författare - Author Virpi Jern Työn nimi - Arbetets titel Title Qualitative attitude study of PE teachers gender awareness Oppiaine - Läroämne - Subject Educational Sciences Työn laji/ Ohjaaja - Arbetets art/Handledare - Level/Instructor Master’s Thesis / Liisa Tainio Aika - Datum - Month and year 06/2020 Sivumäärä - Sidoantal - Number of pages 104 pp.+ 1 appendices Tiivistelmä - Referat – Abstract Aim In 2015 in Finland was released new equality law. First time in the history of the legislation of a gender equality discrimination based on gender identity and/or expression of sex was mentioned in the law. The changes in law were also considered in the national curriculum of comprehensive school (POPS 2014) and upper secondary school (LOPS 2015). Despite that fact both gender and sexual minorities experience discrimination at school environment even now (Lehto 2010; Kankkunen, Harinen, Nivala & Tapio 2010). Especially bad situation has revealed in PE lessons where reproduction of heteronormativity is according to previous research no exception (Berg & Lahelma 2010; Huotari, Törmä & Tuokkolan 2011; Alanko 2014; Kokkonen 2017). According to Syrjäläinen and Kujala (2010) situation is mainly caused by a result of gender neutrality of teacher education and lacking knowledge of gender awareness. For those reasons mentioned above, this study examines mainly gender awareness of Finnish PE teachers, but also PE teachers attitudes towards gender and sexual diversity. Method This study is a feminist educational research. The data was collected by interviewing eight qualified PE teachers. The teachers took a stand on 25 claims acceded to the research theme. The data was analyzed by using discourse analysis. A discourse analysis was con-ducted, based on the interviewer’s questions and comments and the interviewees’ responses and possible counter-questions. Particular interest was directed towards linguistic regularities relating to norms and ideas about gender and sexuality. Results As a result of the study it was revealed that PE teachers’ knowledge and percep-tions of gender and sexual diversity were updated. PE teachers’ attitudes towards gender and sexual minorities were highly positive. Teachers also appreciated and valued equality as a desirable status. A discourse analysis was conducted that PE teacher speech mainly took into account the diversity but in some interviewees’, responses were interpreted as heter-onormative. PE teachers gender awareness in this study was better to prior research but full equality of students has not been achieved yet. in PE lessons. Therefore, teacher training should include more opportunities to discuss about the strategies and practices to take the diversity better account in teaching PE. Avainsanat - Nyckelord Keywords Physical Education, gender awareness, gender diversity, sexual diversity, Säilytyspaikka - Förvaringsställe - Where deposited City Centre Campus Library, Helda/E-thesis Muita tietoja - Övriga uppgifter - Additional information