Gender Voices in Afghanistan Primary and Secondary School English Textbooks

Autor/in	Orfan, Sayeed Naqibullah
Titel	Gender Voices in Afghanistan Primary and Secondary School English Textbooks
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 34 (2023) 2, S.208-230 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Orfan, Sayeed Naqibullah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1002/curj.178
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Textbook Content; Females; Gender Differences; Disproportionate Representation; Sex Role; Sex Fairness; Afghanistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrbuchtext; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterrolle; Sexualaufklärung
Abstract	Textbooks are one of the areas in which gender inequality is institutionalized effortlessly. The study investigated the representation of gender in primary and secondary English textbooks. A total of 14 categories of underrepresentation and misrepresentation were used to examine gender portrayal. The results show that women are significantly underrepresented whilst men are overrepresented in text and illustrations. Female names account for only 30.4% of names in textbooks. Male characters precede female characters in most coordinated phrases, and most of the dialogues are initiated by men. Masculine generic forms are used to refer to women and men including in the English translation of the Afghanistan National Anthem. Men are more frequently portrayed in a myriad of social roles than women are. Surprisingly, this pattern also holds true for domestic roles. Furthermore, little space is dedicated to female famous persons (e.g., scientists), and women constitute a tiny fraction of the main characters of articles and stories, most of which were about trivial matters (e.g., cooking). They are portrayed in a small number of activities, almost a quarter of which are house-related tasks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01