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Title
Children's perceptions of gender as studied through pronoun use
Description
Gendered language has been a topic of study for centuries. The most recent efforts to promote inclusive language have been championed by parents, teachers, and social reformers over the last thirty years. Replicating in part a research study that was done over thirty years ago, this study examines what effects have taken place in children's perceptions of male and female roles in regards to specific activities and occupations and how their perceptions compare to the current work force, what role children's literature has played in these changes, and what children's natural speech in describing personified animals can tell us about their subconscious gender labeling. The results were remarkable in two ways: native language evidently exudes little emphasis on pronoun choice, and children are more readily acceptable of gender equality than that portrayed in either Caldecott winning children's books or real life as seen through current labor statistics.
Date Created
2011
Contributors
- Arter, Lisa Maxwell (Author)
- Nilsen, Alleen (Thesis advisor)
- Blasingame, James (Committee member)
- Grace, Judy (Committee member)
- Mathur, Sarup (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
- Gender Studies
- Reading Instruction
- General Education
- Caldecott
- Children's Literature
- Gendered Language
- Pronoun Use
- Stereotypes
- Sex role in children
- Sex role in literature
- Children--Language.
- English language--Pronoun.
- Spanish language--Pronoun.
- Children's literature--Social aspects.
- Children's Literature
Resource Type
Extent
viii, 78 p. : 1 ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9324
Statement of Responsibility
by Lisa Maxwell Arter
Description Source
Viewed on Jan. 9, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2011
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72)
Field of study: Curriculum and instruction (English education)
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- 2011-08-12 04:54:02
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- 2021-08-30 01:52:00
- 3 years 2 months ago
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