Are females and males equitably represented? A study of early readers

Publication date: February 2019Source: Linguistics and Education, Volume 49Author(s): Jackie F.K. Lee, Andy C.O. ChinAbstractEarly readers can play a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of gender roles. The present study examines how females and males are represented in selected early readers recommended by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong for the promotion of 'Reading to Learn' and 'Reading across the Curriculum'. The study used both manual and computational methods to examine how experiential and relational values are expressed through variables such as the ratio of female-to-male character types, the roles and activities depicted, character identification and the order of mention of males and females. The findings show that although the number of female human...

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