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Discursive Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity and Emphasised Femininity in the Textbooks of Primary Education: Children's Discursive Agency and Polysemy of the Narratives
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Kostas, Marios – Gender and Education, 2021
Gender-normative discursive representations in textbooks could have deleterious impacts on pupils' gender identity development. This study sets out to explore the discursive construction of femininity and masculinity in anthology textbooks for primary education and scrutinize children's sense-making of gender-normative discourses. Grounded in a…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Gender Bias, Masculinity
'Real' Boys, Sissies and Tomboys: Exploring the Material-Discursive Intra-Actions of Football, Bodies, and Heteronormative Discourses
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Kostas, Marios – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2022
School playgrounds are critical arenas wherein children's gender performances unfold, and 'games' of gender subordination or domination transpire. Theoretically predicated on Butlerian and Baradian gender performativity approaches, this qualitative study analyses how children negotiate and perform gender, exploring the material-discursive effects…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Playgrounds, Social Bias, Gender Bias
Discussing Gender Roles and Equality by Reading "Max: The Stubborn Little Wolf"
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Lara, Gilberto P.; Leija, María G. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2014
In the beginning of this article, the authors share the story of Mr. Paredes, a fourth grade teacher in a bilingual classroom, who explains his approach in selecting particular pieces of children's literature that address gender roles and equity. His hope, he states, is that the students will be able to identify the stereotype and challenge…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Gender Bias, Social Bias, Social Justice
Gender Representation in the Public Sector Schools Textbooks of Pakistan
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Ullah, Hazir; Skelton, Christine – Educational Studies, 2013
This paper examines gender biases in school textbooks after a decade long effort by the ministry of education (MoE) Pakistan and international organisation (IOs) to eliminate all forms of gender inequality in education. The intention underpinning these initiatives was to nurture a view of gender equality based consciousness through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Textbooks, Public Schools
Ethnicity and Gender in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: Group Identity and Awareness of Bias
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Brown, Christia Spears; Alabi, Basirat O.; Huynh, Virginia W.; Masten, Carrie L. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The current study examined awareness of gender and ethnic bias and gender and ethnic identity in 350 African American, White/European American, and Latino/Hispanic students (M[subscript age] = 11.21 years, SD = 1.59) from the 4th, 6th, and 8th grades of diverse middle and elementary schools. The study collected (a) qualitative data to best capture…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Early Adolescents, Diaries, Sexual Identity
Gender Schema and Prejudicial Recall: How Children Misremember, Fabricate, and Distort Gendered Picture Book Information
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Frawley, Timothy J. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2008
Children's perceptions of gender are greatly influenced by the illustrations/text they encounter in picture books. While transacting with authentic literature, children build gender schema that guide processing of subsequent information. This knowledge can bias memory to a point where children misremember or distort information to make it fit…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Gender Bias