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Political Bias in the College Classroom: A Literature Review
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Linvill, Darren L.; Havice, Pamela A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2011
This review of literature explores current research addressing political bias in higher education. The perception of a pervasive liberal political bias in academia is addressed first. This discussion focuses on the debate surrounding the Academic Bill of Rights, a document that outlines principles defending students' academic freedom and advocates…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Ideology, College Faculty, Literature Reviews
Fortress State, Cultural Continuities and Economic Change: Higher Education in Mainland China and Taiwan.
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Law, Wing-Wah – Comparative Education, 1996
Analyzes the role of higher education in China and Taiwan as an agent of both political socialization and economic modernization in the context of economic and social transformations, 1949-95. Examines how cultural traditions, a national belief system, nation building, and foreign relations help maintain a 200-year-old tension between…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Education, Cultural Maintenance, Economic Development
The Influence of Colonial Ideology on Schoolbooks in the Belgian Congo.
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Mbandaka, 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
Stumbling on Two Legs: Education and Reform in China.
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Robinson, Jean C. – Comparative Education Review, 1991
Reflects on education in China in light of the changing Communist world. Focuses on the tension among four competing educational goals--economic modernization, education as a universal right, recruitment of elites, and dissemination of ideology--while addressing problems in rural education, literacy education, teacher training, educational…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
The Socialization of Schoolchildren in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Study of Social Studies Textbooks.
Mehran, Golnar – 1987
Social studies textbooks currently used in Iran have been rewritten since 1979 to achieve the socialization of children into current Islamic political thought. An analysis of the content of current social studies textbooks concludes that explicitly political textbooks are used to teach state approved values and appropriate political behavior while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, International Education, Islamic Culture
Education for Better Governance: A Look at the Ongoing Cadre Political Education in China.
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Hua, Shucheng – 2002
The evolution of cadre (political elite and bureaucratic functionaries) education in China from 1949 to the present was evaluated in terms of leadership development and the underlying interests of the Chinese Communist Party as it integrates more fully into the world economy. Historic achievements include: (1) increased knowledge about market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Bureaucracy, Centralization