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- Title
Las mujeres en los materiales curriculares: el caso de dos libros de texto de educación física.
- Authors
Sánchez Hernández, Nuria; Martos-Garcia, Daniel; López Navajas, Ana
- Abstract
Despite legal regulations, textbooks still maintain a discriminative treatment towards women. Current evidence suggests that aspects on the hidden curriculum need to be addressed. The purpose of this study is to analyse the presence of women in two textbooks, edited respectively by Teide and Serbal publishing houses, and used in ninth and tenth grade of secondary education Physical Education. In particular, this work aims to discern whether there is a slant towards men or women throughout textbooks. Content and images from the two books were examined employing quantitative and a qualitative analysis. Women's frequency of presence and recurrence were measured. Results from the study reveal a discrimination pattern towards women, which is more evident within the text than in the images. In fact, in one of the textbooks, references to women are not present at all. Data related to gender-differentiated treatment in specific topics clearly shows an inappropriate use of contents, which breaks current educational regulations. Therefore, a revision of textbooks is needed from publishing houses, with the aim to increase the presence and display of female models throughout books. Meanwhile, a critical use of textbooks and further research in this field are suggested.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL education textbooks; TEXTBOOKS; CURRICULUM; SEXISM in education; SEX discrimination in education; HIDDEN curriculum
- Publication
Retos: Nuevas Perspectivas de Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación, 2017, Vol 32, p140
- ISSN
1579-1726
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47197/retos.v0i32.49344