Girls and Boys on Television

This tailored instructional content guides educators in facilitating a lesson where students discuss children’s television programming and its portrayal of gender roles. Through discussions, students identify unfavourable aspects in these portrayals and craft their TV characters that challenge these negative representations. The lesson draws from research by Maya Götz from the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television. Students will showcase their ability to perceive how media constructs reality and grasp the nuanced accuracy of media representations. They will also explore how their perceptions of gender are influenced by media, evaluating the alignment of media gender images with their personal experiences. The lesson encourages expressive writing and creative self-expression, encapsulating a comprehensive set of skills within media literacy and gender awareness.