Raising awareness about gender and language among teacher-training students: A cross-cultural approach

Abstract In accordance with the Education 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals, aim of this study is to contribute gender-sensitive teacher training and learning environments using matched guise-inspired methods. The article offers an account activities aimed at raising awareness issues related linguistic gender stereotyping among trainees in Sweden Seychelles. cross-cultural comparative approach also provided opportunity raise students’ how culture-related, therefore may differ depending on cultural context. Results show that there seems be significant differences Swedish Seychellois stereotype men women. While both groups seem associate typically feminine behaviour features accommodated under Cuddy et al.’s (2008, “Warmth competence as universal dimensions social perception: content model BIAS map.” Advances Experimental Social Psychology 40, 61–149) “warmth dimension” (signalling interest, example), behaviours associated agentic dimension, such taking space a conversation forcefully arguing one’s case, regarded relatively masculine Sweden, but not Seychelles, arguably result generally negative construction masculinity Based responses from post-survey, it evident majority those who participated exercise gained new insights into mechanisms stereotyping, knowledge they could relate themselves their own behaviour.