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Missing Mirrors, Missing Windows: Children's Literature Textbooks and LGBT Topics
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Smolkin, Laura B.; Young, Craig A. – Language Arts, 2011
Concerns for the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth and the children of families who so self-identify suggest that teachers may need additional support in fostering classrooms that welcome all students. The field of children's literature has long-standing interests in multiple cultures and the literature…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Fiction
Are All of Your Students Represented in Their Textbooks? A Content Analysis of Coverage of Diversity Issues in Introductory Psychology Textbooks.
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Hogben, Matthew; Waterman, Caroline K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Examines text and photographs in 28 introductory textbooks published between 1990 and 1992 for coverage of diversity issues (minority group members and gay and lesbian lifestyles). Although the quantity and quality of diversity coverage has improved, the content and images in 1990s textbooks has varied substantially. Includes statistical tables.…
Descriptors: Authors, Content Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Discrimination
Confronting Heterosexism in the Teaching of Psychology.
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Simoni, Jane M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Presents a rationale for making the psychology curriculum more inclusive of gay and lesbian issues. Reports on a survey of current psychology textbooks that indicates inadequate coverage and segregated treatment of the topic of homosexuality. Provides instructional suggestions to correct these omissions and biases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Content Analysis, Educational Discrimination, Educational Environment