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Implicit Gender Inequality in Secondary School Textbooks Under a Confucianism Educational Idea Value

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Yixin Ling1, *
1Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: hsyling5@liverpool.ac.uk
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Yixin Ling
Available Online 1 March 2023.
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10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_59How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Gender inequality; Secondary school textbooks; Confucianism
Abstract

Gender inequality is still considered one of the major social issues in China. While gender inequality in the Chinese education system has been mitigated to some extent, it can still be observed in authoritative teaching materials such as textbooks, hindering the development of students’ gender awareness. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how gender inequality manifests itself in secondary school textbooks in the context of the traditional idea of value in modern China. Gender stereotypes in terms of occupational roles and personality, and gender bias against the contribution and ability of female characters are all identified in the English, History and Mathematics textbooks examined. On this basis, this paper finds that the implicit gender inequality in textbooks can be attributed to the bias imbued in Confucianism—one of the traditional cultural value systems in China. Finally, after negative impacts on students are identified, this paper suggests possible improvements to gender inequality in textbooks.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_59
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_59How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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