The image of women in the life science textbooks: Hayat bilgisi ders kitaplarında kadın imgesi

The aim of this research is to examine the image of women in the life science textbooks of the early republican period. In this study, the answer to the question “Are there differences in terms of gender roles in the texts and images of life science textbooks in Turkey” will be sought. For this purpose, the life knowledge textbooks that have been taught in primary schools will be analyzed. The textbooks carry the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the period in which they were written. The textbooks prepared according to the curriculum, which serve the ideological and cultural reproduction of society as a set of knowledge and values, are one of the most important tools by which norms and fictions related to gender roles are transmitted. Therefore, the analysis of textbooks is important for deciphering the explicit and implicit messages conveyed about the concept of gender. The main reason for choosing this textbook is that the content of the life science textbook consists of topics that directly affect the process of socialization of the individual and their perception of gender. This study has a qualitative research pattern. The data will be collected through document review and analyzed using content analysis. Document analysis is a qualitative research method that is used to analyze the content of written documents rigorously and systematically; and is a systematic method used to examine and evaluate all documents, including printed and electronic materials. Content analysis covers texts such as oral statements, explanations, written books, magazines, novels, story archives, and nonverbal constructions. The basic process of content analysis is to collect similar data under certain themes and interpret these data by editing them in a way that the reader can understand. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Bu araştırmanın amacı hayat bilgisi ders kitaplarında kadın imgesini incelemektir. Bu çalışmada, “Türkiye’de hayat bilgisi ders kitaplarının metinlerinde ve görsellerinde kadın/erkek imajında toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri açısından farklılıklar var mıdır” sorusuna cevap aranacaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, ilkokullarda okutulmuş olan hayat bilgisi ders kitapları analiz edilecektir. Ders kitapları, yazılmış oldukları dönemin sosyal, siyasal, ekonomik ve kültürel özelliklerini de taşırlar. Bilgi ve değerler seti olarak toplumun ideolojik ve kültürel yeniden üretimine hizmet eden müfredata göre