The schoolyard through the gender prism, a place of transformations in the responsibilities of teachers in elementary school
In France, the schoolyard of the primary school is a place where children are largely left to themselves and under the supervision of teachers whose main responsibility is to ensure the safety of pupils. However, educational policies in favor of the equality between girls and boys in school lead teachers who intend to take up these issues to consider this area under a new light due to the fact that this behavior is actively involved in the reproduction of traditional gender relations. This article deals with the practices declared by these professionals on the basis of twenty non-directive talks. It describes how these teachers who are sensitive to the promotion of equality invest this place with an educational dimension which leads them to develop forms of intervention suited to this specific place.