Effects of a Coeducative Training on Attitudes Towards Equality in Future Primary Education Teachers

Following the theme that emphasize the importance of the teacher training for the suppression of the sexist teaching discriminations and stereotypes, this research looks forward to assess the effect of teacher training at the university, on non sexist oriented attitudes, for future Physical Education teachers, that's it is done with the goal to further advance towards the construction of a gender culture in the school. The specific training programme in equity issues was developed during thirteen weeks, using to that end an adaptation of the questionnaire School Doing Gender/teachers (SDG/t), and participating on the study a total sample of 135 students of the School of Education of the University Complutense of Madrid. Results show an increase of student's average score that undergo a coeducative training, proving the positive effect of this kind of training for the change of future teachers' attitudes. However, be due to research's nature and to representation of the sample we cannot conclude that the treatment apply will be, in others training context, likewise effective.