Approaches to the gender approach in Dominican higher education. Perceptions and attitudes of university students.

Abstract

Higher education provides academic training from a professional perspective as well as promotes the comprehensive training of students based on essential ethical values to develop necessary changes for the sake of a more equitable and egalitarian society. The objective of this research work is to analyze how students perceive and what attitude they show towards the treatment of gender equality in the university context. The methodology of this research is a quantitative study through the implementation of a questionnaire, the data obtained were analyzed by the descriptive statistical program JAMOVI. The sample consisted of 424 students, all participants are pursuing university studies in initial, primary and secondary education. The results obtained indicate that the students have positive attitudes towards gender equality, participate in activities and work related to this topic, perceive a positive environment and are actively committed to promoting change in their environment. Nevertheless, regarding attendance at activities that involve dealing with work from a gender perspective, students are more indifferent.