Linguistic Images, Socialisation and Gender in Education

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Title:	Linguistic Images, Socialisation and Gender in Education
Author:	Ufomata, Titi
Year:	1998
Periodical:	Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:	23
Issue:	3-4
Pages:	61-75
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Subsaharan Africa Africa world
Subjects:	images gender relations child rearing women's education women Women's Issues Education and Oral Traditions Development and Technology Education and Training gender socialization Sex Roles Language and languages education Teaching--Aids and devices mass media Stereotype (Psychology)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/24482731
Abstract:	In sub-Saharan Africa all the agents of socialization, from the family, the school, and the community, to religion and the mass media, reinforce sex-role stereotyping. Gender stereotypes, which are particularly pervasive in textbooks and educational materials, affect children's perceptions and expectations with respect to life, family, careers and society as a whole. The author discusses the effects of gender bias on girls' education, the impact of the mass media in reinforcing negative stereotypes of women, sexism in the language of textbooks, the lack of positive role models, the gendered selection of courses and choice of subjects, and the deliberate policy of sexual differentiation in career orientation, and draws out the policy implications for education. Bibliogr.