A Literature Review of Gender stereotypical Play Resources and Educators’ Attitudes in Early Childhood Settings

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.113How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender Stereotypes; Play resources; Educators’ perceptions and practices; Gender roles; Early years education

Abstract

Gender stereotypes are ‘normalized’ in current educational systems worldwide, especially in early childhood play environments. However, these stereotypical toys and games might distort the development of young children’s gender identities. This literature review selects eight typical articles to explore gender issues in contemporary early childhood play settings. Specifically, this review focuses on educators’ different gender attitudes toward children’s play and children’s own play preferences. In addition, it discusses suitable research methods and summarizes the insights drawn from these researches. Finally, it provides implications for future research.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Simeng Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/18
TI  - A Literature Review of Gender stereotypical Play Resources and Educators’ Attitudes in Early Childhood Settings
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Creative Industry and Knowledge Economy (CIKE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 585
EP  - 589
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.113
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.113
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