The image of women in the National Education Text Books in Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the image of women and how it was dealt with in the National Education books in Jordan, where the content of the National Education books analyzed and for multiple age stages, also it addressed the content analysis of images, concepts and fees, activities and evaluation to identify the image of women in the family, at work, in education and in political participation, and in the distribution of occupations to demonstrate the extent of their representation in comparison with men, and the study results showed that women were represented randomly and unsystematic in the Jordanian curriculum. In light of the results, the study recommended the need for attention to the quality of representing women and remove them from the stereotypes, and the need of careful for those in charge of curriculum to take into account distribution of occupations fairly between men and women.

Keywords: Image of the Woman, National Education Books, Curricula