Topical assessments of gender that society makes

Abstract

The author’s aim is to think over the role of the school in a changing society, taking into account that nowadays this role is not limited to the transmition of knowledge and that we can find some data and situations where the ruling values are not the correct ones, considering some educational purposes. As the author remarks, with the new Spanish educational system the attitude’s issue and all what is involved in it —particularly the differences among persons because of the gender’s stereotypes— becomes more important. The text focuses on the schools context and analyses three kind of situations that reflect that differences of the social environment, which are related to those attributed-gender stereotypes and attitudes. Thus, the author concludes that coeducation must make easier the student’s development according to a model free of stereotypes.