ABSTRACT
The teacher-student interaction can affect child development, and teachers’ beliefs about the boys’ and girls’ behavior can influence their practices. This study aimed to analyze the boys’ and girls’ perception in the 5th grade of elementary school about their teachers’ Leadership Styles. 98 children from a public school who responded to the Teacher Leadership Styles Inventory participated. The results showed that girls perceived teachers as more demanding (p<0.05) and responsive (p=0.06) than boys. A higher percentage of boys perceived the use of greater coercive control by teachers. As for styles, there was a significant difference between girls and boys (p<0.05), highlighting the higher percentage of boys who perceived their teachers as characteristics of negligent style. It was concluded that there were different perceptions between boys and girls about teachers, which is something important to be considered in intervention strategies in the school context.
Keywords:
teacher characteristics; teacher student interaction; elementary school
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Meninos: boys; Meninas: girls; Responsividade: responsiveness; Dimensão: dimension; Exigência: demand
Controle coercivo: coercive control; Percentual de alunos: percentage of students; Meninos: boys; Meninas: girls; Tipo 1 baixo: type 1 low; Tipo 2 tendencia a baixo: type 2 tendency to low; Tipo 3 tendencia a alto: type 3 tendency to high; Tipo 4 alto: type 4 high
Estilos de liderança dos professores: teachers’ leadership styles; Porcentagem de alunos: percentage of students; Meninos: boys; Meninas: girls; Autoritário: authoritarian; Autoritativo: authority; Negligente: negligent; Permissivo: permissive