TEXTBOOK AS A MEANS OF FORMING GENDER IDENTITY IN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article analyzes the Canadian pedagogical discourse in gender aspect. The idea that educational discourse reproduces ideas about femininity and masculinity is substantiated. A review of scientific papers on the stated topic is given. The empirical base of the study is described. The traditional components of the gender parameter of the human personality are noted. The pedagogical discourse is analyzed from the point of view of gender. The ways of creating a gender construct are highlighted. The examples of reproduction of gender stereotypes are given. The methods of deconstruction of the traditional binary opposition male-female are investigated. It is concluded that the attempted systematic analysis of feminine and masculine images in educational texts revealed the traditional reproduction of the gender parameter. There is no tendency to change the male-female dichotomy.