To navigate their daily life in an increasingly technologically intensive society, citizens need knowledge and skills in the form of highly developed technological literacy (Rohaan et al. There also seems to be an emphasis on traditionally masculine coded technology.
The results show that there is a focus on how separate artefacts function but no detailed explanation of how these artefacts are connected or what kind of implications they have in a societal context.
A thematic analysis was used to discover the dominant themes within the books. Since preschools in Sweden often use books from libraries in their daily activities, the empirical material was derived from the library sections Facts for youngsters and Technology for youngsters, aimed at children aged 1–3 and 3–6. The aim of this study was to investigate the technological content in a selection of picture books from a gender perspective. cars, airplanes and boats, often serve as an introduction for children about the human application of technology and may influence how they identify and categorise the technology they encounter in everyday life.
The preschool, through its activities-among them reading aloud from picture books-is an arena where societal norms can be either preserved or challenged. Children start to stereotype everyday life regarding this dichotomy as early as the age of two. Technology is a field with strong connections to the female/male dichotomy.
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