Abstract Research indicates that textbooks play an important role in determining course content and influencing students’ impressions of a discipline. Photographs are particularly powerful because they appear as actual representations, and students can often recall them better than text. This study examines the photographs of six introductory human geography textbooks to evaluate the representation of women. Compared to Mayer’s (1989) study, the quantity of photographs overall and those of females have increased, however photograph content depicts women in essentially traditional, passive roles that are treated as a norm. Consequently, these textbooks miss engaging students in meaningful discussions about gender and about female roles in society across cultures.

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人文地理入门教材照片中女性的表现

摘要 研究表明，教科书在决定课程内容和影响学生对学科的印象方面起着重要作用。照片特别强大，因为它们以实际表现形式出现，学生通常比文字更能回忆起它们。本研究检查了六本介绍性人文地理教科书的照片，以评估女性的代表性。与 Mayer (1989) 的研究相比，整体照片和女性的照片数量有所增加，但照片内容描绘的女性基本上是传统的、被动的角色，被视为一种规范。因此，这些教科书没有让学生参与有关性别和跨文化社会中女性角色的有意义的讨论。