A Qualitative Analytic Case Study of Subliminal Gender Bias in Japanese ELTs

Autor/in	Clark, Ian
Titel	A Qualitative Analytic Case Study of Subliminal Gender Bias in Japanese ELTs
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 6 (2016) 3, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244016653437
Schlagwörter	Gender Bias; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Hidden Curriculum; Textbooks; Holistic Approach; Case Studies; Junior High School Students; Foreign Countries; World Views; Gender Differences; Sex Role; Content Analysis; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterstereotyp; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Holistischer Ansatz; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; World view; Weltanschauung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterrolle; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	Bias is communicated via the "hidden curriculum"--the vehicle for the unspoken academic, social, and cultural messages that are communicated to students while they are in school. Revealing the hidden curriculum in English language textbooks (ELTs) entails an analytical and holistic approach to the content of the text and images appearing in school textbooks by connecting corresponding examples of subliminal bias which may be many pages apart. This article reviews existing Japanese and international literature on the gender bias created by the hidden curriculum before going on to present a Japanese case study of an ELT in widespread use in Japanese public junior high schools. It was found that while males and females are represented equally in terms of quantity, there exists a remarkable subliminal gender bias that affects young learners' worldviews of female and male roles in society. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01