"It Bothers Me, but I Will Not Bring It into the Kindergarten": Gender Perception Conflicts of Religious Kindergarten Teachers as Reflected in Their Work

The article describes a study on the gender identity of kindergarten teachers in the Israeli State Religious Education System (Hemed). The aim was to investigate their perception of gender identity in light of Orthodox feminism and discover how this is reflected in their work, particularly in the To...

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Main Author: Achituv, Sigal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2019]
In: Religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 114, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-469
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel / Educator / Nursery school / Orthodox Judaism / Feminism / Old Testament / Patriarchalism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
KBL Near East and North Africa
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Summary:The article describes a study on the gender identity of kindergarten teachers in the Israeli State Religious Education System (Hemed). The aim was to investigate their perception of gender identity in light of Orthodox feminism and discover how this is reflected in their work, particularly in the Torah stories they tell. The study, based on a narrative research method comprising seven teachers, suggested a link between their gender perceptions and attitude toward Orthodox feminism, and their attitude toward patriarchal Bible stories. The discomfiture and internal contradictions characterizing their perceptions reflect the diverse attitudes in the religious public to this issue.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2019.1600108