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Peer reviewedMbandaka, Honore Vinck – Paedagogica Historica, 1995
An analysis of 50 textbooks used in the elementary schools of the former Belgian Congo reveals an overt attempt to propagate colonial ideology. Fundamental themes included the legitimacy of the colonization, denigration of the indigenous culture, and establishment of colonial authority. Three books, however, resisted this indoctrination and one…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Ethnocentrism
Peer reviewedNhundu, Tichatonga J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Reports on the implementation of the education with production (EWP) curriculum reform 13 years after its implementation in eight pilot schools in Zimbabwe. EWP attempted to foster socialist principles, redress colonial mentality, and inculcate industrial and technical skills. Poor planning, political interference, and lack of support hurt the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Colonialism, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedPine, Lisa – History of Education, 1996
Examines and analyzes a number of textbooks used during the National Socialist regime in Germany. In accordance with a centralized, totalitarian effort the textbooks overwhelmingly represented Nazi ideology especially in their focus on eugenics, family roles, and the importance of the community. (MJP)
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Fascism, Foreign Countries
Demaine, Jack, Ed.; Entwistle, Harold, Ed. – 1996
Thirteen authors reflect on different ideas of communitarianism and citizenship and on the ways those ideas find application in the fields of education, politics, and social welfare. Looking beyond communitarian ideology, the volume offers a more detailed discussion of citizenship in contemporary society. The essays are: (1) "Beyond…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties
Magendzo, Abraham; And Others – 1987
This paper analyzes the development of private education in Chile since the military coup of 1973, in the context of the military regime's neoconservative political and ideological aims. Despite these professed aims, copious evidence is presented to suggest that the need of an authoritarian state to maintain "national security" by…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcKeehan, Irina V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Analyzes the results of sociological surveys conducted among thousands of students in higher education institutions in Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. Compares and contrasts student attitudes about such topics as economics, democratic values, ethnic groups, education, and students' perception of the future. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Democratic Values, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedHarrison, 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
