Choice of a professional career with a gender perspective in Basic Education students, Peru 2018

Abstract

The objective was to reveal the vision on the choice of a career in secondary school students from a gender perspective. For this, a qualitative study was carried out. Through a deliberate sampling, a sample of 12 students, 06 women and 06 men from the National College of Application UNHEVAL-Huánuco, 2018 was formed. The data was obtained from an interview guide (group discussion). Within the results we find great differences associated with gender and social imaginaries around careers as engineering, considered a high level study, traditionally established for male sex little chosen by women and the repercussion of the family that emerges as a very important meaning in the choice of a professional career. They also presented self-restrictions in the choice of a career due to interests (innate tastes or abilities) and measurement of the capacities for carrying out certain task, due to the fact that it is a woman cannot do it since it demands male work. However, they expressed confidence in their abilities to strive and achieve this desired career. Among the conclusions of the study has been determined that there are still differences associated with gender, women mostly continue to choose studies considered typically female while males study traditionally considered male studies.