Examination of the text and visuals used in the Turkish course textbooks approved for the 6th and 7th grades in 2021-22 academic year within the framework of gender equity

The major aim of tis thesis, is to examine the visual images embodied in the textbooks of Turkish course within the framework of gender equity. The study covers the Turkish curriculum functioning in the 6th and 7th grades in the 2021-22 academic year. For each of the 6th and 7th grades three Turkish textbooks approved by the Ministry of National Education for the 2021-2022 academic year were reviewed. These textbooks were analyzed using the heuristic content analysis of visuals, and also word counting procedure in the main texts. The images in the textbooks were subjected to detailed content analysis and each image was examined according to the categories depicted by the document. Within the scope of the study, the student books relevant to the Turkish course and the visuals in the books were examined in general in order to create a category. The data obtained from the visuals of the books were coded, themes were found and arranged according to these codes. The data were loaded to the computer environment, emerging themes were defined, tabulated, and interpreted as findings. 925 images were examined as such. Gender representations were made by analyzing the content of the visuals and texts in the textbooks. The concept of gender is handled in textbooks with respect to how people with whom he was shown; actions where figures are shown, the places where the figures are shown, objects for which the figures are shown.