GENDER GAP IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS EQUALITY

The aim of this paper is to analyse the Physical Education teachers' attitudes towards gender equality, and compare attitudinal differences between male and female teachers. This study follows a survey-type quantitative descriptive methodology in which 526 Spanish PE teachers have taken part. Data were collected using the Likert-type Scale SDG/t (School Doing Gender /teachers), made up of 30 items separated in three subscales. PE teachers mainly showed an adaptive attitude towards gender changes. Nevertheless, differences were observed with regard to the participants' attitude towards gender issues depending on their sex. More specifically, female teachers achieved higher scores than males. This result suggests a better training in gender issues should be carried out in order to raise awareness and update the PE teachers' knowledge, especially in the case of male teachers.