Ortaokul Matematik Ders Kitaplarındaki Dilsel ve Görsel Metinlerin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rollerine Göre İncelenmesi

Abstract

Gender is an unnatural supra-identity that compels individuals to certain patterns and acceptances by society according to their genders. The main purpose of this study is to examine how gender roles appear in four secondary school mathematics textbooks prepared by the Ministry of Education in the 2017-2018 academic year. In this study using the data analysis method which is an analytical research approach, texts in the elementary school mathematics textbooks were reviewed from the aspect of concepts based on the gender literature. The findings of the study indicated that the roles attributed to males and females in the 5, 6, 7 and 8th grade mathematics textbooks were clearly differentiated; it is seen that females are usually associated with cooking in the household, and males are associated with social life outside the home. In addition, in these textbooks, females do not participate in the labor force, but rather as housewives, and males as a basic element of the workforce are characterized by a wide range of occupations. As a result of this study, in elementary school mathematics textbooks stereotypes of females and males in Turkey and it was served with descriptions of the books in the labor force participation rate of females in the texts is determined to be less than that of males.