This study compares two educational materials for English education on how different genderidentities and sexualities are represented in text and illustrations. The curriculum for the Swedish school (Skolverket 2016, Lgr11) is based on a value system, one of equality. The equality program in the curriculum includes awareness of and respect toward different genders, and is against offensive treatment based on excessive gender expressions, sexualities, ethnicities, body capabilities, religions, and age. Traditional gender roles are to be questioned and countervailed, so that all children can develop their own personal qualities and interests without the influences of gender standards. The equality program is meant to be a part of the daily learning environment. Educational materials should therefor reflect diversity, according to the value system (Berge, 2011). Pupils can read many different educational texts each da y, and reflect on illustrations and pictures. All these materials can affect pupils’ values and standards. Indeed, pupils can learn more than English when the educational materials covers more than the subjects’ core information.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-60978 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Nilsson, Lisa |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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