ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the process of gender construction through music as a means of learning. By using a post-development perspective, we critically highlight learning tools which are often considered beneficial for early childhood development. In this study, we employed focused ethnography for two months in a kindergarten in Bandung, Indonesia. We show that music as learning tools has constructed gender stereotypes. Consequently, children create and demonstrate their understanding of activities that should be done by boys or girls. It leads to build a gap in stimulating particular skills that both genders should have. According to findings, we recommend that kindergarten teachers need to be aware of promoting learning tools to young children and create the process of learning through tools more gender-equitable.
