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“This Job Is Harder Than It Looks”: Rural Oaxacan Women Explain Why They Became Teachers
Author(s) -
Howell Jayne
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1997.28.2.251
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , state (computer science) , sociology , rural area , economic growth , demographic economics , socioeconomics , social science , gender studies , political science , demography , population , economics , algorithm , computer science , law
During the past six decades, rural women throughout the southeastern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, have comprised a significant percentage (currently the majority) of primary teachers. This article demonstrates that this phenomenon is a result of intertwining socioeconomic factors. It examines why expansion of the education system and economic opportunities may contribute to declining enrollment in teacher training programs even though the career remains a viable, and even desirable, choice for certain rural women.