Content analysis of the sixth grade elementary science textbook with emphasis on gender

In every culture, gender differences are the central way in which human beings identify themselves as individuals, organize social relations, and are a symbol of natural and social events and processes. Gender is considered as the psychological, social and cultural aspects of being a man and a woman. In most societies, the institutions that make up the rules of the game in society embody aspects of gender.The institution of education is one of the most important institutions of society that can internalize many concepts for individuals during their studies. Since most of the educational activities of schools today in developing countries, such as Iran, are focused on the transfer of textbook content, so it can be concluded that the content of textbooks is one of the main sources that can  Can play an important role in intensifying or weakening gender boundaries. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the content of the sixth grade elementary science textbook with emphasis on gender.The research method in this research is descriptive content analysis. The method of collecting data was quantitative. The statistical population of this research includes 1 volume of the sixth grade elementary school experimental sciences textbook in the academic year of 400-99. The sample size was selected equal to the population size. The tools of this research are the form of descriptive content analysis of images.The data of the study indicate that the images in the book deal with the gender of girls and boys in almost the same way and no significant gender discrimination was observed. The results of this study are different from the results of the background; Therefore, gender has been observed more in the sixth grade textbook of experimental sciences in elementary school in the year 400-99.