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A Study on the Illustrations of Male and Female on the Middle School ｢Technology·Home Economics｣ Textbooks from the Gender Equality Perspective

양성평등 관점에서 본 중학교 ｢기술·가정｣ 교과서의 남녀 삽화 연구

  • Lee, Eun Seon (Graduate School of Education, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Jun, Mikyung (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University)
  • 이은선 (이화여자대학교 교육대학원 가정교육과) ;
  • 전미경 (동국대학교 가정교육과)
  • Received : 2019.06.04
  • Accepted : 2019.06.30
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

This study reviewed the Technology & Home Economics Education textbooks to examine if their illustrations would be appropriate for students' balanced view of gender. To this end, the textbooks of 'Technology & Home Economics Education 1 and 2' from 12 publishers (24 books in total) were analyzed focusing on the formative and content characteristics of illustrations in the textbooks. The results of this study is as follows. There were areas in the textbooks that may not be considered gender-equal. Although the textbooks have been improved to some extent from the previous versions, they still show gender stereotypes biased towards men. If students are constantly exposed to the prescriptive characteristics that are in favor of certain gender, they would find it difficult to develop their personality strengths, due to the gender role pressures. In order to help students cultivate sensitivity and activism toward the gender equality issues, it is important that the textbooks are gender-equal. To summarize, in order to suggest to students a balanced image of society with male and female cooperating with each other in diverse domains, it is deemed necessary to constantly examine and revise the textbooks for their gender stereotypic contents, and thereby, improve them for gender equality.

성 고정관념에서 오는 성별 불평등의 해결을 위해서는 여성과 남성 즉 젠더적 민감성과 더불어 젠더에 대한 올바른 인식이 선행되어야 한다. 이러한 점을 인지하고 개선 및 보안하고자 가정 교과에서는 교과서를 중심으로 한 양성평등에 대한 연구가 꾸준히 진행되어 왔다. 반면 2015 교육과정 개편이 새로이 있었으나 성 평등적 관점에 기초한 교과서 분석은 충분하지 못한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 양성평등 관점에 기반을 두고 기술 가정 교과서를 분석하였다. 본 논문의 목적은 ｢기술·가정｣ 교과서 내 삽화가 학생들에게 균형적인 사회상을 제시한다는 교과서로서의 책임을 다 하고 있는지 알아보는 것이다. 이를 위하여 12개 출판사에서 발행한 검정교과서 ｢기술·가정 1｣과 기술·가정 2｣를 기준으로 총 24권을 분석 대상으로 선정하였고 삽화의 외형적 특징과 내용적 특징을 분석범주로 삼아 진행하였다. 연구결과를 종합해 판단해보자면 우리 교과서가 모든 면에서 성 평등적이라고 평가하기는 어려운 것으로 보인다. 부분적으로는 많은 개선이 있었지만 여전히 특정 성별에 편중되어 성 정형성이 잔재하고 있었으며 개선이 필요한 점으로 보였다. 따라서 학생들이 자발적이며 능동적인 태도를 갖추고 비판의식을 함양한다는 성 평등교육의 목적을 이루기위해서는 여성과 남성이 다양한 분야에서 서로 협력하며 활약하는 균형적인 사회상을 학생들에게 제시하는 것이 필요하다. 이를 위해 교과서 편집 시 성별의 처방적 고정관념이 존재하는 것은 아닌지 주의하고 편견 요소를 축소하여 양성평등 한 교육과정을 실현하기 위한 지속적인 점검 및 검토를 진행하는 방안이 필요함을 알 수 있다.

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