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Pilar Serrano Betored
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-3535
Biography
Rosa María Díaz Mayo
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2010-0282
Biography
Vicenta Gisbert Caudeli
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-1143
Biography
Vol. 1 No. 35 (2025), Articles
https://doi.org/10.15304/ie.35.10729
Submitted: 2025-06-10| Published: 2025-10-08

Abstract

The existence of gender roles in musical practices of oral tradition is a reality that continues to be present in the collective imagination. Musical activities associated with the body, such as singing and dancing, have always been legitimized as feminine practices, while the exercise of composition and instrumental interpretation belonged mostly to the realm of masculinity. These gender stereotypes have historically been present in flamenco, and even today the visibility of women flamenco composers and instrumentalists in the public scene is still very low. With the aim of eliminating the perpetuation of these gender roles in the field of music education, this study presents an action-research developed with qualitative methodology in the context of a Teaching Innovation Project funded by a competitive call in the Faculty of Education of a Spanish public university. With a sample of 51 music education teacher training students, 3 participating teachers and a guest artist, a strategic action consisting of the interaction of the renowned flamenco flautist, Trinidad Jiménez, with a group of university music education students was designed, implemented and evaluated. Through three measurement instruments -participant observation of the teacher-researchers, questionnaires to the students and a structured interview with the guest artist- results are obtained that confirm the modification of perceptions of the participating students about flamenco and gender roles, as well as the encouragement of didactic proposals that address these issues in their future as music teachers in primary education.