幼儿绘本中的性别角色研究

Research on Gender Roles in Children’s Picture Books

摘要: 绘本是幼儿了解世界的媒介，也是传达社会价值观念的重要工具，深受幼儿的喜爱。幼儿进行绘本阅读能够激发他们的阅读兴趣，培养审美情趣，发展他们的观察、想象和推理能力。3~6岁是幼儿的性别角色发展关键期，这一时期幼儿所形成的性别观念会对幼儿的一生发展有影响。幼儿容易被暗示，拥有较强的模仿能力，绘本中不同性别生物的社会角色、性格特征以及无意中传递出来的社会性别观念等都会潜移默化地影响幼儿的行为。为了给幼儿一个正确的、合适的性别启蒙，本研究对120本幼儿绘本进行定性和定量分析，运用文献法和文本分析法，发现绘本在不同性别方面存在的问题，针对问题提出相应建议，以期形成教育合力，用绘本促进幼儿和谐发展。

Abstract: Picture books are not only a medium for young children to understand the world, but also an important tool for conveying social values, which are deeply loved by young children. Picture book reading can stimulate children’s interest in reading, cultivate their aesthetic taste, and develop their abilities of observation, imagination and reasoning. The ages of 3 to 6 are a critical period for the development of children’s gender roles. The gender concepts formed during this period will exert a lifelong impact on their growth. Young children are highly susceptible to suggestions and have strong imitative abilities. The social roles, personality traits of characters of different genders and the implicitly conveyed gender norms in picture books will exert a subtle influence on children’s behaviors. To provide young children with proper and correct gender enlightenment, this study conducts both qualitative and quantitative analyses on 120 children’s picture books by adopting the literature research method and text analysis method. It identifies the gender-related problems existing in these picture books and puts forward targeted suggestions, aiming to form educational synergy and promote the harmonious development of young children through picture books.