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Bronwyn Davies – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Early childhood schoolbooks designed to teach children to read, have been shown not only to shape gendered identities in a limiting, binary format, but to lend the written word the appearance of unquestionable, and restrictive truth about the way the world is. Texts written for adults, too, may similarly limit what can be known, reining in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Textbooks, Textbook Bias, Gender Bias
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Astrid M. C. Jehle; Marleen G. Groeneveld; Tessa M. van de Rozenberg; Judi Mesman – European Journal of Education, 2024
This cross-national European comparison examined gender representation and stereotypes in mathematics and language textbooks from Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Romania. The results showed that female characters were numerically underrepresented. Female characters were also less often a main character or individually portrayed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
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Daria Hejwosz-Gromkowska; Dobrochna Hildebrandt-Wypych – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
The aim of the study was to analyze the narratives of the Solidarity movement in upper-secondary level history textbooks, published between 1991 and 2018. Quantitative methods were used to measure different categories of historical figures in terms of their frequency and textual space, as well as any changes in representation over time. To explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, History