Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks for Elementary Schools: A Content Analysis

Nisak, Winda Khoirun
Furaidah, Furaidah
Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
Vol. 5, No. 3

This research is a study of assessing the representation of gender in elementary school textbooks used by an international curriculum that is widely used in 160 countries throughout the world. The content analysis used to lead the representation of the male and female on the textbooks. The findings of this study indicate that the gender representation formed in the textbook shows the existence of gender equality which is reflected in the balanced emergence of male and female characters that appear in textbooks, the prevalence of the professional picture of men and women and the balance of household activities reflected in the textbook.