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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This paper examines whether there is a relationship between students' age and their attitudes formation towards gender role stereotypes in secondary schools in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of age on attitude formation toward gender role stereotypes among secondary school students in Bomet District, Kenya. The study was based on Erick Erickson's theory of psychosocial development. The theory states that the development of an individual behaviour occurs within a series of eight psychosocial stages. At every stage there is a crisis to resolve that is caused by the complexity of the demands of the society. The manner in which the crisis is resolved has a bearing on the development of positive or negative aspects of one's behaviour. The study adopted a causal-comparative (ex-post facto) research design. Purposive sampling plan was used to select the schools that were used in the study and simple random sampling plan was used to select the participants of the study. A total of 208 subjects were randomly selected from form four students in mixed secondary schools of Bomet District. A questionnaire consisting of a five-point Likert scale was used to measure subjects' attitude towards attitude formation of students' gender role stereotypes. Subjects were categorized as having positive or negative attitude towards students' gender role stereotypes. Subjects with attitude scores ranging from 60-100 points were treated as having positive attitude while those whose scores ranged from 20-59 points were treated as having negative attitude. Data was analyzed using SPSS computer program. Descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviations were used to compare subjects' ages and their attitude towards gender role stereotypes. Pearson-product moment correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between students' ages and their attitude towards gender role stereotype. The study found that there was no significant relationship between age and attitude formation towards gender role stereotypes, an indication that age does not explain why students of different ages have the same attitude towards gender role stereotypes. Thus, parents and teachers should be aware that at adolescent stage the attitudes held by female and male teenagers towards gender role stereotypes are not different. Inspite of the fact that adolescent boys and girls are growing towards adulthood they do not have strong feminine or masculine attitudes. Therefore, parents and teachers should provide equal opportunities and encouragement for both boys and girls. Further, the implication of this study is that once an attitude has been established it is maintained, hence parents and teachers should use learning experiences that impart positive attitudes in their adolescent children |
| Keywords: age, attitude formation, gender role stereotypes, secondary schools, bomet district, Kenya |
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