Multidimensional perspectives on gender in Dutch language education: Textbooks and teacher talk

The language classroom offers a rich environment for deconstructing language- and culture-specific gender and sexuality models in action. The present study responds to calls for diachronic textbook studies and classroom based research in this area. We first examine gender and sexuality in text (types and tokens) and images in ‘family’ chapters in 15 Dutch language textbooks published between 1970 and 2018. Second, we examine under-explored ‘teacher talk around gendered text’ through observation of 32 Dutch language lessons in high schools in Germany and interviews with 9 participating teachers... Mehr ...