TY - JOUR AU - Lovett, Trevor PY - 2017/08/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - “Going going.....” why are males underrepresented in pre-service primary education courses at university? JF - International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education JA - IEJEE VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/49 SP - 347-356 AB - <p>This sociological qualitative study identifies reasons why female pre-service teachers believe<br>males are underrepresented in primary education courses at Australian universities. The<br>findings of the study suggest that the nineteenth century naturalistic discourse of nurturance<br>continues to sustain the notion that primary school teaching is a female profession. The study<br>argues that this socially-conservative gender discourse remains essentially unchallenged and<br>maintains a significant negative influence on males’ willingness to take up a career in primary<br>teaching.</p> ER -