"Sex Hormones" in Secondary School Biology Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Nehm, Ross H.; Young, Rebecca
Titel	"Sex Hormones" in Secondary School Biology Textbooks
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 17 (2008) 10, S.1175-1190 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-008-9137-7
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Medicine; Biology; Secondary School Science; Human Body; Misconceptions; Physiology; Textbook Bias; Textbook Content; Textbook Research; Content Analysis; Sex; Science Education; Science Instruction; Gender Issues + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Medizin; Biologie; Menschlicher Körper; Missverständnis; Physiologie; Lehrbuchkritik; Lehrbuchtext; Schulbuchforschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Geschlechterfrage
Abstract	This study explores the extent to which the term "sex hormone" is used in science textbooks, and whether the use of the term "sex hormone" is associated with pre-empirical concepts of sex dualism, in particular the misconceptions that these so-called "sex hormones" are sex specific and restricted to sex-related physiological functioning. We found that: (1) all the texts employed the term "sex hormone"; (2) in all texts estrogen is characterized as restricted to females and testosterone is characterized as restricted to males; and (3) in all texts testosterone and estrogen are discussed as exclusively involved in sex-related physiological roles. We conclude that (1) contemporary science textbooks preserve sex-dualistic models of steroid hormones (one sex, one "sex hormone") that were rejected by medical science in the early 20th century and (2) use of the term "sex hormone" is associated with misconceptions regarding the presence and functions of steroid hormones in male and female bodies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10