AWP 2005

Seeking Gender Equity in 1st and 2nd Grade Turkish Social Textbooks

Gizem Aksoy, Nurçin Erdoğan, Fatma Gök, and Asil Ali Özdoğru

The aim of this study was to examine gender role portrayals in 1st and 2nd grade Turkish Social textbooks. For this purpose, a content analysis of the 4 textbooks that were prepared and published by the Ministry of Education in 2001 was carried out. The quantitative and qualitative data showed that equal visibility of men and women in textbooks would not necessarily stand for gender-equality in textbooks. Although the analyzed textbooks were more likely to illustrate evidences for gender-equity, gender bias was still evident in the roles, occupations and settings in which men and women were represented. Improvements in the textbooks and implications for policy-makers and teachers were discussed.

Keywords: Gender-equity, elementary school, Turkish textbooks

Citation: Aksoy, G., Erdoğan, N., Gök, F., & Özdoğru, A. A. (2005, February). Seeking gender equity in 1st and 2nd grade Turkish social textbooks. Poster presented at the 30th annual conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Tampa, FL.

HGSE Student Research Conference 2005

Students’ Self-Reported Experiences about Electronic and Paper Homework Submission

Asil Ali Özdoğru and Nancy Peña

Homework submission as an important step of the entire homework task includes its own components and processes. Differences and similarities between electronic submission and paper submission (e- and p-submission), and students’ perceptions of the two were investigated by self-report data collection techniques. Two graduate students recollected their last five e- and p-submissions with coding schemas developed to track the underlying elements and experiences involved in each type of submission. Results indicated that less time and resources were required in e-submission. Other than submission type, feedback time was dependent on factors such as volume and length of submissions. The problems in each form of submission and their interchangeable usage pointed out their complementary roles in submission and the importance of student experiences in making use of technology.

Keywords: Homework, electronic submission, paper submission, student experiences

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., & Pena, N. (2005, February). Students’ self-reported experiences about electronic and paper homework submission. Paper presented at the 10th annual Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA.