%0 Journal Article %T The Study of Social Gender Perceptions of Preschool Children Related to Professions %A Sibel Karabekmez %J - %D 2018 %X Social gender is defined as the duties, responsibilities and behaviors that the society expects from men and women in accordance with their gender (Vatanda£¿, 2007). The cultural and social values, the expectations and conventional gender specific roles determined by the society make it possible to distinguish women and men. The gender perception also shows itself on the professions. Female and male professions are discriminated depending on the perceptions related to professions and the roles according to gender. This study was carried out in order to study the social gender perceptions of children in the pre-school period, which is the most appropriate period for acquiring the concept of social gender created by social values and judgements. The study was carried out in Buca district, in £¿zmir and with 30 children in kindergartens aged between 48-60 months during the educational year from 2016 to 2017. In this study, the gender perceptions of pre-school children related to the professions were revealed through the analysis of the gender perception determination form for the professions and the child information form. Qualitative research method was used in this study. The data obtained were analyzed according to the rules of content analysis, and the social gender perceptions of preschool children related to professions were interprete %K Toplumsal cinsiyet alg£¿s£¿ %K Meslekler %K Okul £¿ncesi d£¿nem %U http://dergipark.org.tr/bestdergi/issue/37869/437546