Changing Global Perspectives in Textbooks.

Cortes, Carlos; Fleming, Dan B.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Changing Global Perspectives in Textbooks.

Cortes, Carlos; Fleming, Dan B.

Social Education, v50 n5 p376,378,380,382,384 Sep 1986

Reviews difficulties publishers have in adequately representing world regions. Recommends that teachers: (1) use textbooks analytically, (2) provide alternative perspectives, (3) use supplementary materials, (4) incorporate analysis of mass media, (5) take advantage of local resources, and (6) continuously examine and modify their social studies curriculum. (JDH)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Global Approach, Nationalism, Social Studies, Textbooks, World Affairs, World Geography

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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