Promover la conciencia de igualdad de género en décimo grado a través de la comprensión de lectura

Abstract

This research document presents a study with tenth graders of a public school who presented in a previous contact a climate of tension among girls and boys. This was a study developed by pre-service teachers, looking for analyze students' perceptions in written activities. Accordingly, this investigation worked mostly in promoting reading comprehension through elevate consciousness on gender equality. The goal of this study is promote consciousness and make students reflect on a social issue through writing and reading. Therefore, we analyzed whether the perceptions of the students change or keep on the issue through a pedagogical implementation of six lesson plans, which looked for develop involvement of the students in the research meanwhile they deal with the issue. The approach used was task based, as a path to contribute in the interaction of the students when they develop specific tasks. In addition, the findings were carried out in a qualitative research supported by questionnaires, students’ artifacts and field notes assistance in a case research study. This paradigm helped us to explain whether the pedagogical implementation was effective or not, and what possible implications will require deeper investigation in order to have an emphatic understanding of the topic.