Abstract
We report on the findings from three social psychology survey instruments administered to78 randomly selected Brunei student teachers of both genders. Males scored significantly higher than females on the masculinity-femininity dimension of the personal attributes inventory. In addition, mean scores for males were also significantly higher than those of their female counterparts on the equal distribution of labor and equal social roles domains of the attitudes towards women scale. However, there were no significant differences among the participants by teacher training programs and race or ethnicity. These results suggest that men have no prejudices over women. The participants might be able to live and work together peacefully. This is important for promoting social harmony and stability in the Brunei teaching profession where more females than males are increasingly assuming positions of higher responsibility previously held by males. Further mixed-methods research was recommended to gain additional insights.
Highlights
The majority of teachers in Brunei are women
We report on the findings from three social psychology survey instruments administered to78 randomly selected Brunei student teachers of both genders
Brunei female students are relatively stronger at mathematics than their male counterparts, recent studies have shown that there some who experience problems with this subject, have high support needs, and would learn it more effectively in collaboration with peers of both genders (Mundia, 2010e; Mundia, 2012d; Hamid et al, 2013)
Summary
Female teachers in Brunei are increasingly assuming positions of responsibility. Gone are the days when males were dominant in the teaching career in Brunei. Despite these changing circumstances, not much social psychology research has been conducted to determine how educational personnel of both genders are interacting and functioning during training and while serving as teachers in Brunei Darussalam. Brunei female students are relatively stronger at mathematics than their male counterparts, recent studies have shown that there some who experience problems with this subject, have high support needs, and would learn it more effectively in collaboration with peers of both genders (Mundia, 2010e; Mundia, 2012d; Hamid et al, 2013). Most of the western instruments used are in English, which is spoken as a second language in Brunei, and tend to have reliability, validity and bias problems in the local context (Mundia & Bakar, 2010; Mundia, 2011b)
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