The invisible obstacle to educational equality: Gender bias in textbooks
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Elementary school students tend to take the contents of their textbooks as unquestionable universal truths, a posture which can lead them to accept attitudes and visions of the world that justify inequalities.
“Elementary school students tend to take the contents of their textbooks as unquestionable universal truths, a posture which can lead them to accept attitudes and visions of the world that justify inequalities (Blumberg, 2008; Kalmus 2004; Sunderland et al., 2000; Oteíza, 2006; Van Dijk, 2003; Witt 2001).”
From The influence of school textbooks on the configuration of gender identity: A study on the unequal representation of women and men in the school discourse during the Spanish democracy (2022) · cites this paper as Blumberg, 2008
Gender bias in textbooks is one of the hardest obstacles to gender equality in education and is geographically more widespread than the gender gap in school enrolment.
“According to Blumberg [6], gender bias in the textbook is one of the “hardest budge rocks in the road to gender equality in education” and is geographically more widespread than the gender gap in school enrolment.”
From Gender stereotypes and education: A comparative content analysis of Malaysian, Indonesian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi school textbooks (2018) · cites this paper as [6]
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- Authors
- Blumberg, R. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Blumberg, Rae Lesser
- Venue
- Prospects
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 345-361
- ISSN
- 0033-1538 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-9090
- OpenAlex
- W2090047157
- Cited by
- 215
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 4.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Prospects (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies in Language
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Keywords
- gender bias in textbooks, gender equality in education, gender stereotypes, underrepresentation of women, girls' academic achievement, gender roles, gender stratification, textbook reform, curriculum reform, education policy, developing countries
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