Teachers' awareness about age and gender stereotypes : case study of high school teachers in Tiaret Province

الملخص EN

This paper tackles the issue of gender and age stereotypes which are becoming naturalized in the Algerian society.

The stereotypical perceptions about men and women, the elderly and youth seem to be normative to some of, yet, they have insidious impact on both students and most importantly teachers.

Thus, we have chosen to work on the examination of teachers’ understanding and sensitivity towards gender and age stereotypes.

In order to establish validity of our hypotheses, we opted for a variety of methods or what is known as triangulation.

The results of this paper demonstrated how age and gender stereotypes are mainly a cultural problem that can most appropriately be debunked from early childhood.

Moreover, this study calls for the necessity to train teachers to be aware and consider several social variables while teaching because schools are the foundation of tolerance and mutual respect.