Sameer Hamdan

Gender Representation in English School Textbooks Sameer Hamdan

This research is carried out to investigate and explore aspects of gender as presented and represented in one of the currently used English language instructional materials ?Action Pack Series from grade one to nine?, in the basic stage schools in Jordan. The study aimed at answering one major question: How are gender aspects presented and represented in English Language Jordanian Basic School Curriculum (Action Pack Series) from grade 1-9 ? The research analyzes nine textbooks to investigate nine major aspects of gender ( visibility in photos and illustrations, visibility in the text at the level of word and sentence, topic domination, jobs and occupations, firstness, grammatical function( subject), attributed personal traits (adjectives), leisure- activity types and masculine generic conception.