Gender, age and physical activity representation in children's colouring books (Representación del género, la edad y la actividad física en libros para colorear infantiles)
Issue Date
2020-06-24Subjects
colouring bookschildren
gender
physical activity
representation
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Despite publishing houses recognizing the importance of ensuring equal representation of all people in curricular materials and scholars also noting their importance in teaching children gendered behaviours, it is still common to find stereotypically gendered non-coeducational curriculum materials in the international market. The aim of this study is to determine the representation of female and male characters in the illustrations of six colouring books published in the United Kingdom entitled “Books for Girls” and “Books for Boys”. A quantitative content analysis, and a supporting qualitative discourse analysis were carried out. This paper examines the effect of constructing gender difference in children’s colouring books. Gender bias in early childhood education poses the risk of perpetuating a manifestation of inequality.Citation
Martínez Bello V, Hill J (2020) 'Gender, age and physical activity representation in children's colouring books (Representación del género, la edad y la actividad física en libros para colorear infantiles)', Cuestiones de Género: de la igualdad y la diferencia, 15, pp.291-312.Publisher
Revistas Universidad de LeónType
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enes
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2444-0221EISSN
2444-0221Collections
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