The representation of prehistoric women in the textbooks of History, Geography and Social Sciences in Chile (2010-2018)

Abstract

Prehistory is a period where history and science coexist, but also myth and fiction, being necessary to appeal to its study to know the historical discourse that we have inherited. Thus, it is relevant to heed to prehistoric objects and subjects that have been transmitted or continue to be transmitted in various teaching models. One way of doing this is through the study of school texts, since these are configured, even in the digital age, as the didactic artifacts that maintain greater validity in the dissemination of teaching models. In this occasion the manuals of History, Geography and Social Sciences are studied between 2010 and 2018 in Chile, identifying, mainly, how prehistoric women are exhibited in the 7th grade students. For this, both the discourses and the images of the manuals have been considered.