Investigating Gender Representation in Iranian High School Third Grade English Book

This study was an attempt to investigate gender representation in English Language teaching textbook of Iran, namely, English Book 3. A systematic content analysis was carried out based on I) female and male`s firstness, II) female and male’s pictures.In order to analyze the content of the course book and gathering the required data, content analysis and survay research were used. In addition, in order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, percent) were used.The results of this study shows that there is a significant difference between the number ofpicturesand firtness (first-place occrance) used by men and women. These factors were described, interpreted and explained. Results revealed that this textbook presented a sexist attitude” regarding gender in favor of men, in which the men presented more than females. It is suggested that Persian culture as ideology mirrors the way gender represented in this textbook. In other words, the gender inequality observed rooted in Iranian culture

کلیدواژه ها:

Gender ، Textbook ، Sexist ، Ideology