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Examining Gender Representation in an Indonesian EFL Textbook
Register Journal ( IF 0.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-28 , DOI: 10.18326/rgt.v13i1.183-207
Zango Anisa Agni , Endang Setyaningsih , Teguh Sarosa

Considering its influential role in students’ behavior and attitudes , a t extbook has to reflect balanced images and information about males and females. It also has to support broad choices and many roles for both sexes to avoid unjust or bias gender issues . This study aimed at examining whether an EFL textbook published by the Indonesian government p romotes gender equity by (1) mapping the proportion of textual and visual representation of males and females in the textbook; (2) describing how males and females are treated in the textbook. Through content analysis, the study revealed that the book is gender-biased as indicated from unbalanced (1) textual and visual representation (2) variety of activity, role, and occupation, (3) order of mention, and (4) adjectival portrayal. In all indicators, the female is underrepresented, hidden, and framed within traditional gender stereotyping. Reflecting on these findings, revision by the government and/ or careful treatment by teachers when using the book are ushered. Keywords : bias , content analysis, gender representation, gender stereotype, textbook .

中文翻译:

检查印尼EFL教科书中的性别代表性

考虑到它对学生的行为和态度的影响,在extbook中必须反映有关男性和女性的平衡图像和信息。它还必须支持男女的广泛选择和多种角色,以避免不公正或偏向性别问题。这项研究旨在检查印尼政府出版的EFL教科书是否通过以下方式损害了性别平等:(1)绘制教科书中男女在文字和视觉上所占的比例;(2)描述教科书中如何对待男性和女性。通过内容分析,该研究表明该书受到了性别偏见,原因是:(1)文本和视觉表示不平衡;(2)活动,角色和职业的多样性;(3)提及顺序;(4)形容词写照。在所有指标中,女性的代表性不足,隐藏,并以传统的性别陈规定型观念为框架。反映这些发现,迎来了政府的修订和/或教师在使用本书时的认真对待。关键词:偏见,内容分析,性别代表性,性别刻板印象,教科书。
更新日期:2020-05-28
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