Browsing by Author "Eronen, Tuomas"

Goals. The purpose of this study was to research parent's thoughts and impres-sions on children's gender roles. A special inspection of the research was chil-dren's hobbies, colors and plays. I also wanted to look into what the concepts of equality and gender neutral education mean to parents. Methods. The base of the study was 33 parents /guardians. Respondents were males and females. The data was collected by a questionnaire that was carried out by an e-form on the internet. Links to the e-form were shared to three kindergartens that are located in Vantaa. The research is a multimethod research that includes qualitative and quantitative elements. The material from the research was analysed by two different methods quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative data examines differences in hobbies, colors or plays between girls and boys. The differences were examined by analysing average values and standard deviation. The qualitative data was analysed by content analyse. Results and conclusions. Gender and the differences between the genders are a debated issue based on the parents' answers. Parents reverence equality but there are differences in what equality means to them. Parents hope that their children can be him/herself in the kindergarten without any expectations of the gender. Based on average values there are still many differences between boys and girls for example what kind of colors are used in the children's clothes and his / her bedroom. The color pink got remarkable dispersion comparing the results between boys and girls