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Transforming Elementary Social Studies: The Emergence of a Curriculum Focused on Diverse, Caring Communities.
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Alter, Gloria – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995
Examines six elementary social studies textbook series for the absence or presence of multicultural perspectives. Identifies Houghton Mifflin and Macmillan as opposite ends of the spectrum. Houghton Mifflin displayed a global-humanistic perspective while Macmillan favored a nationalistic, exclusionary approach. Includes examples from both. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Images of the Third World: Teaching a Geography of the Third World.
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Harrison, Margaret E. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1995
Profiles an undergraduate college class that critically examines newspaper, map, and poster representations of the developing nations. Beginning exercises reveal how a person's gender, race, and background influence his or her construction and interpretation of cultural images. Includes a 29-item bibliography concerning deconstruction of images…
Descriptors: Bias, Consciousness Raising, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking