How school dictionaries treat human reproductive organs, and recommendations for South African primary school dictionaries
| dc.contributor.author | Morris, Lorna Hiles | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Hiles, Lorna | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-08T09:59:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-08T09:59:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-07 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Morris, L. H. 2022. How school dictionaries treat human reproductive organs, and recommendations for South African primary school dictionaries. Lexikos, 32(3):123-143, doi:10.5788/32-3-1734. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://lexikos.journals.ac.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper is a pilot study that investigates options for treating human reproductive organs in primary school dictionaries in South Africa, with particular emphasis on illustrations. The need for this study was made apparent during research into the design of an electronic school dictionary, where some learners expressed concern about younger children being exposed to "inappropriate" illustrations in school dictionaries. This article is placed in the South African context and shows how this is a sensitive and relevant topic in South Africa, due to the different cultures that are represented. The article shows how South African school dictionaries currently treat these words, and investigates whether they should be treated any differently. The study includes interviews with primary school teachers and parents, and contains descriptions of existing school dictionary entries, both electronic and print. Literature on the following aspects is covered: taboo topics in dictionaries, cultural aspects of sex education in South Africa, and sex education in primary schools globally. The article will show why it is important to treat these terms in a school dictionary in a clear and unambiguous way, despite this causing potential discomfort to some users. The article will conclude with recommendations for the treatment of human reproductive organs in primary schools, as well as recommendations for further research in this area. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Die hantering van die menslike voortplantingsorgane in skoolwoordeboeke, en aanbevelings vir Suid-Afrikaanse primêreskoolwoor-deboeke. Hierdie artikel is 'n loodsstudie wat die opsies vir die hantering van menslike voort-plantingsorgane in primêreskoolwoordeboeke in Suid-Afrika ondersoek, met besondere aandag aan illustrasies. Die noodsaak vir hierdie studie het duidelik geword tydens navorsing oor die ont-werp van 'n elektroniese skoolwoordeboek waar sommige leerlinge hul kommer oor jonger kinders wat blootgestel word aan "onvanpaste" illstrasies in skoolwoordeboeke, uitgespreek het. Die artikel word binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks geplaas en daar word daarop gewys dat dit weens die verskillende kulture wat verteenwoordig word, 'n sensitiewe en relevante onderwerp in Suid-Afrika is. Daar word aangetoon hoe Suid-Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboeke hierdie woorde tans han-teer, en daar word ondersoek of hulle op ander maniere hanteer behoort te word. Die studie sluit onderhoude met primêreskoolonderwysers en -ouers in, en bevat beskrywings van bestaande skoolwoordeboekinskrywings, in elektroniese sowel as gedrukte formaat. Literatuur rakende die volgende aspekte word gedek: taboeonderwerpe in woordeboeke, kulturele aspekte van seks-opvoeding in Suid-Afrika, en seksopvoeding in primêre skole wêreldwyd. Die artikel sal aantoon waarom dit belangrik is om hierdie terme in 'n skoolwoordeboek op 'n duidelike en ondubbelsin-nige manier te hanteer, al veroorsaak dit moontlike ongemak vir sommige gebruikers. Daar word afgesluit met aanbevelings vir die hantering van die menslike voortplantingsorgane in primêre skole, asook aanbevelings vir verdere navorsing op hierdie gebied. | af_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1734 | |
| dc.format.extent | 21 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Morris, L. H. 2022. How school dictionaries treat human reproductive organs, and recommendations for South African primary school dictionaries. Lexikos, 32(3):123-143, doi:10.5788/32-3-1734. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2224-0039 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1684-4904 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.5788/32-3-1734 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/128775 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Education, Primary -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sex instruction for children | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Encyclopedias and dictionaries | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Lexicography | en_ZA |
| dc.title | How school dictionaries treat human reproductive organs, and recommendations for South African primary school dictionaries | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |