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150028 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9324 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2011 viii, 78 p. : 1 ill Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses Text eng Arter, Lisa Maxwell Nilsen, Alleen Blasingame, James Grace, Judy Mathur, Sarup Arizona State University Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2011 Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72) Field of study: Curriculum and instruction (English education) Gendered language has been a topic of study for centuries. The most recent efforts to promote inclusive language have been championed by parents, teachers, and social reformers over the last thirty years. Replicating in part a research study that was done over thirty years ago, this study examines what effects have taken place in children's perceptions of male and female roles in regards to specific activities and occupations and how their perceptions compare to the current work force, what role children's literature has played in these changes, and what children's natural speech in describing personified animals can tell us about their subconscious gender labeling. The results were remarkable in two ways: native language evidently exudes little emphasis on pronoun choice, and children are more readily acceptable of gender equality than that portrayed in either Caldecott winning children's books or real life as seen through current labor statistics. Gender Studies Reading Instruction General Education Caldecott Children's Literature Gendered Language Pronoun Use Stereotypes Sex role in children Sex role in literature Children--Language. English language--Pronoun. Spanish language--Pronoun. Children's literature--Social aspects. Children's Literature Children's perceptions of gender as studied through pronoun use