Pedagogization of Children’s Gender: Semiotic Means of Gender Construction in Russian First Grade Elementary School Textbooks

DOI

10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.25How to use a DOI?

Keywords

gender, gender construction, linguistic means, gender asymmetry, gender neutralization

Abstract

The article is devoted to representation of gender in learning materials and takes a linguistic approach to its exploring within the sphere of education. The aim of the article is to find out what means of gender construction are used in textbooks. It is reported that in the texts gender is created by either linguistic means or combination of linguistic means and semiotic codes of illustration. Implicit means of gender construction and means of gender neutralization are also identified. In conclusion it is stated that gender construction is connected with the age parameter.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Alla. V. Kirilina
AU  - Olesya Yu. Chernykh
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - Pedagogization of Children’s Gender: Semiotic Means of Gender Construction in Russian First Grade Elementary School Textbooks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 105
EP  - 107
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.25
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