Research Article

Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks

Volume: 19 Number: 79 January 20, 2019
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Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks

Abstract

Purpose: Textbooks can directly or indirectly affect gender stereotypes. In this study, text characters and pictures of textbooks were examined to find out how the messages were given about gender. This study examined text characters and the pictures in the primary school Turkish textbooks respectively in terms of Bem’s Sex-Role Inventory and gender stereotypes.

Research Methods: This paper explored the roles of text characters and pictures in the primary school Turkish textbooks through document analysis. The material for this study consisted of twelve primary school Turkish textbooks from the 1st to the 4th grades. Textbooks were selected out of the ones used in Burdur in the 2015-2016 academic years. A “Text Character Evaluation Form” arranged in line with Bem’s Sex-role Inventory and “Picture Evaluation Form” was used in the study

Results: The texts included male characters with feminine and masculine roles, and female characters with feminine and masculine roles. The first, second, third and fourth grade textbooks had more male pictures than female pictures. All colors were used for both males and females in the textbooks examined in this study. Dress, skirt, shirt and t-shirt were mostly worn by the females in the textbooks. Male clothes consisted of trousers, shirt and t-shirt. 


Implications for Research and Practice: It is observed that text characters have androgynous roles, and it can be argued that using more texts with characters possessing such qualities may have a positive effect on children’s opinions about gender.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynep Karatas This is me

Ozge Ruken Ergun This is me

Publication Date

January 20, 2019

Submission Date

January 20, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 19 Number: 79

APA
Arslan Ozer, D., Karatas, Z., & Ergun, O. R. (2019). Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 19(79), 1-20. https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT
AMA
1.Arslan Ozer D, Karatas Z, Ergun OR. Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19(79):1-20. https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT
Chicago
Arslan Ozer, Derya, Zeynep Karatas, and Ozge Ruken Ergun. 2019. “Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 (79): 1-20. https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT.
EndNote
Arslan Ozer D, Karatas Z, Ergun OR (January 1, 2019) Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 79 1–20.
IEEE
[1]D. Arslan Ozer, Z. Karatas, and O. R. Ergun, “Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 79, pp. 1–20, Jan. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT
ISNAD
Arslan Ozer, Derya - Karatas, Zeynep - Ergun, Ozge Ruken. “Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19/79 (January 1, 2019): 1-20. https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT.
JAMA
1.Arslan Ozer D, Karatas Z, Ergun OR. Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19:1–20.
MLA
Arslan Ozer, Derya, et al. “Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 79, Jan. 2019, pp. 1-20, https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT.
Vancouver
1.Derya Arslan Ozer, Zeynep Karatas, Ozge Ruken Ergun. Analysis of Gender Roles in Primary School (1st to 4th Grade) Turkish Textbooks. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 1;19(79):1-20. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53UK67PT