Gender Stereotypes in Primary School Textbooks

Authors

  • Irene Dora Maria Scierri Università degli Studi di Perugia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15167/2279-5057/AG2017.6.12.438

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the ways males and females are represented in textbooks for primary school after Polite, the publishing self-regulation agreement with the aim of introducing an equal representation of males and females in school books. Two groups of textbooks are analysed, published respectively in 2008-10 and 2014, for a total of 1084 texts. The study demonstrates the current inequality of gender representation and the ineffectiveness of the Polite project.

 

Keywords: gender stereotypes, gender representations, sexism, education.

 

 

 

Author Biography

Irene Dora Maria Scierri, Università degli Studi di Perugia

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Scienze Sociali, Umane e della Formazione. Assegnista di ricerca.

Published

2017-12-01