Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012.
The struggle against sexism and gender stereotyping in education has resulted in concerted efforts to produce teaching and learning resources which bear particular sensitivity to gender issues. One area which still needs realignment is the area of Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Or...
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| description | The struggle against sexism and gender stereotyping in education has resulted in concerted efforts
to produce teaching and learning resources which bear particular sensitivity to gender issues. One
area which still needs realignment is the area of Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council
(ZIMSEC) Ordinary level English Language examinations. The paper argues that ZIMSEC
Ordinary Level English Language Paper 2 examinations, in content and tone, engender the
perception that the examinations are masculine, largely dwelling on masochist stories of male
adventurism, as well as male intellectual and physical prowess. The paper recommends that item
writers should display utmost sensitivity to issues of gender equality in their setting of examinations
to ensure that any vestiges of sexism and gender stereotyping are eradicated once and for all. The
research is qualitative in nature and relied exclusively on critical document study. Statistical
information presented in the research was interpreted qualitatively. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-50962022-08-12T08:03:04Z Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. Jenjekwa, Vincent Rutoro, Ester Runyowa, Julius Sexism Gender Gender stereotyping Examinations The struggle against sexism and gender stereotyping in education has resulted in concerted efforts to produce teaching and learning resources which bear particular sensitivity to gender issues. One area which still needs realignment is the area of Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary level English Language examinations. The paper argues that ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Paper 2 examinations, in content and tone, engender the perception that the examinations are masculine, largely dwelling on masochist stories of male adventurism, as well as male intellectual and physical prowess. The paper recommends that item writers should display utmost sensitivity to issues of gender equality in their setting of examinations to ensure that any vestiges of sexism and gender stereotyping are eradicated once and for all. The research is qualitative in nature and relied exclusively on critical document study. Statistical information presented in the research was interpreted qualitatively. 2022-08-12T08:03:04Z 2022-08-12T08:03:04Z 2013-06 Article @inproceedings{Edu2013VestigesOS, title={Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012.}, author={Dip Edu}, year={2013} } 2201-6333 2201-6740 http://www.ijern.com/journal/June-2013/34.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5096 en International Journal of Education and Research;Vol. 1 No. 6 open Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | Sexism Gender Gender stereotyping Examinations Jenjekwa, Vincent Rutoro, Ester Runyowa, Julius Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title | Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title_full | Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title_fullStr | Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title_short | Vestiges of Sexism and Gender Stereotyping: ZIMSEC Ordinary Level English Language Examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| title_sort | vestiges of sexism and gender stereotyping: zimsec ordinary level english language examinations from 2007 to 2012. |
| topic | Sexism Gender Gender stereotyping Examinations |
| url | http://www.ijern.com/journal/June-2013/34.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5096 |
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