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Social Invisibility and Socio Cultural Construction of Gender in Historical Narratives of Chilean High School Students

Delfín Ortega-Sánchez , Jesús Marolla-Gajardo , Davinia Heras-Sevilla

This research seeks to evaluate the degree of inclusion of the gender perspective and the promotion of education in and for equality in the historical.

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This research seeks to evaluate the degree of inclusion of the gender perspective and the promotion of education in and for equality in the historical narratives of students in Chilean Secondary Education (n = 105). The study focuses on the analysis of the discursive-narrative mechanisms employed by the students and, in particular, of their representations of gender relations. To this end, the place given to men and women in past and present societies is analysed in the narratives generated by the students (n = 780). A mixed methodology is applied, combining quantitative (descriptive and inferential) and qualitative analyses of the manifest content. The results obtained report the persistence of stereotypical, exclusionary and androcentric perspectives, evidenced in hegemonic gender attributions and in the maintenance of the sex/gender system. These data confirm the need to implement specific teacher training programmes aimed at the acquisition of critical competences and the effective inclusion of the gender perspective in history education.

Keywords: Historical narratives, secondary education, history education, gender.

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