| Title: |
Gender Representations in the Greek Primary School Language Textbooks: Synthesizing Content with Critical Discourse Analysis |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Alexopoulos, Christos (ORCID 0000-0001-9623-0887); Stamou, Anastasia G. (ORCID 0000-0002-3725-0068); Papadopoulou, Penelope (ORCID 0000-0001-9644-8798) |
| Source: |
International Journal on Social and Education Sciences. 2022 4(2):257-274. |
| Availability: |
International Society for Technology, Education, and Science. ISTES Organization, Monument, CO 80132. e-mail: istesorganization@gmail.com; e-mail: ijonsesoffice@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.ijonses.net/index.php/ijonses |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
19 |
| Publication Date: |
2022 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Textbooks; Textbook Content; Gender Differences; Gender Bias; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Foreign Countries; Sex Role; Language Arts; Family (Sociological Unit); Sex Stereotypes; Social Environment |
| Geographic Terms: |
Greece |
| ISSN: |
2688-7061 |
| Abstract: |
School textbooks are media of communicating a large amount of knowledge and teachers rely their teaching practices and schedule their instructions upon them. Except for knowledge on school subjects, textbooks also promote various ideological messages, including gender representations. This study explores gender representations in the Greek primary school language textbook addressed to the first grade, which is currently being taught. For this purpose, Content Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis are employed in synergy, as Content Analysis on its own is insufficient to fully explore gender representations and the ideologies of school textbook discourse. The results showed clearly that traditional gender representations are reproduced in the particular textbook, by presenting men dominating in the public sphere, and leading women's lives and their families. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2022 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1344992 |
| Database: |
ERIC |