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Direct linkLyu, Zhaojin – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Nation-building in modern China at the beginning of the twentieth century had to manage the strain between ethnic nationalism and the claim of a multi-ethnic national identity. This study focuses on how history textbooks defined China and addressed this paradox. Based on the qualitative content analysis of eight popular middle school history…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, History Instruction, Middle Schools
Blumberg, Rae Lesser – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
Gender bias in textbooks (GBIT) is a low-profile education issue, given the 72,000,000 children who still have no access to schooling, but this article argues that GBIT is: (1) an important, (2) near-universal, (3) remarkably uniform, (4) quite persistent but (5) virtually invisible obstacle on the road to gender equality in education--an obstacle…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Gender Bias
Peer reviewedShen, Jianping – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1994
Asserts that decisions regarding textbook content China are political and determined by the central government. Reports on a study of 15 elementary and secondary geography textbooks published between 1948 and 1991. Finds that the image of the United States portrayed in these books has changed dramatically. (CFR)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Traits
Peer reviewedPahl, Ronald H. – Social Studies, 1996
Uses brief excerpts from Chinese and US history textbooks to compare the different representations of historical themes. The themes represented are British colonialism in North America, Native Americans, Chinese immigration, post-Civil War reconstruction, Spanish American War, Versailles (post-World War I), the Great Depression, and Hiroshima.…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedGross, Richard E. – Social Studies, 1996
Examines US history as portrayed in Communist Chinese geography, economics, and history texts. Surprisingly little propaganda is found in the geography texts. History and economics, however, contain consistent Marxist interpretations. Briefly describes the background and educational exchange that led to this study. (MJP)
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Capitalism, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
