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Lyu, 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
Randall, David; Frohnen, Bruce P.; Gutzman, Kevin R. C.; Ross, Jason; Shlaes, Amity; Pettinger, William – National Association of Scholars, 2021
The study in this report focuses on four historical periods and five textbooks. The four historical periods are: (1) The European Settlement of North America (1492-1660); (2) Colonial America (1660-1763); (3) The Nation's Founding (1763-1789); and (4) The New Deal (1933-1940). Three of the 5 textbooks are intended for regular high school American…
Descriptors: United States History, Textbooks, History Instruction, High Schools
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Moore, Robyn – Review of Education, 2021
Although multiculturalism replaced the White Australia Policy in the 1970s, the Australian nation continues to be imagined predominantly as a White space from which Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders and peoples of non-White immigrant heritage are excluded. Whereas White people's positioning as Australian is secure and taken for granted,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Textbook Content, Textbook Bias