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Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Feminism, Guidelines, Language Guides, Sex Discrimination
Babin, Patrick – 1975
The report opens with detailed summaries of historical background information for each of the groups involved and with a review of the literature on bias in textbooks in Canada, the United States, and other countries. Over a time span of six months, 211 readers evaluated 1,719 textbooks. Readers located 104 biases in 78 textbooks. The 23 biases…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Minority Groups, Older Adults

Abrahamson, Brant W. – Councilor, 1986
Presents the annecdotal results of an analysis of 11 major publishers' high school world history textbooks. Provides criteria for evaluating such books and concludes that, as a group, these textbooks promoted Western ethnocentrism. (JDH)
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, History Textbooks, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content

Kline, Marjory R. – Educational Forum, 1984
Examines the social pressures that are brought to bear on textbook publishers and that influence them to serve as their own censors in the selection of material. (JOW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Material Development, Social Influences, Textbook Bias

Walstad, William B.; Watts, Michael W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1984
It is reasonable to be concerned about ideological bias in economics textbooks because of political pressures in the United States to present a positive evaluation of free enterprise. However, an examination of texts does not show the bias that Bruce Romanish claims to have found. (IS)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Economics Education, Educational Research, Secondary Education
Griswold, William J. – Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal, 1974
Twenty-six elementary and secondary texts dealing with the Middle East are analyzed for objectivity and accuracy. Results indicate a need for area specialists' participation in textbook writing. Analysis is based upon data gathered by the Committee on Middle East Image in Secondary Schools, Middle East Studies Association. (JH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Stereotypes, Middle Eastern Studies, Textbook Bias
Educ Prod Rep, 1969
Discussion prepared by Detroit Public Schools Staff of social and educational inadequacies found in texts as well as a description of the method of study and its impact. A series of textbook evaluations is included. (NI)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Racial Identification, Textbook Bias
Edelson, Malorie – Educ Prod Rep, 1969
Discussion of the current status of minority group treatment in textbooks, and a plea for more reliable textbook evaluation. Annotated reference list is included. (NI)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Racial Identification, Textbook Bias
Dortmund, E. K. – Soc Stud, 1970
History, not being amenable to scientific method, requires subjective interpretation by the teacher. (DB)
Descriptors: Bias, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Scientific Methodology
Educational Product Report: Number 40, 1972
Canadians and female children are dealt short shrift by the educational publications industry. (ML)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Merchandise Information, Publishing Industry
Key, Mary Ritchie – Changing Education, 1972
The author discusses, with many examples, how school books teach sexual stereotypes. (MM)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Sex (Characteristics), Sex Differences

Fleming, Dan B.; Nurse, Ronald J. – Social Education, 1982
Describes a study which analyzed 10 current and widely used secondary U.S. history textbooks for their coverage of the Vietnam War to determine their accuracy, completeness, and objectivity. Most of the textbooks studied offered a too sketchy account of the Vietnam War. Certain key topics are often neglected. (RM)
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation

Anyon, Jean – Harvard Educational Review, 1979
The content of seventeen widely used secondary school United States history textbooks was examined, focusing on economic and labor history from the Civil War to World War I. It was found that the content reflects the ideology of particular groups in society and excludes that of others. (CT)
Descriptors: American History, Economics Education, History Textbooks, Labor

Walford, Geoffrey – Education 3-13, 1980
This review article looks at the contents of a sample of science textbooks, not for their scientific contents as such, but for their hidden contents, in particular pointing out cases of hidden sexism. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Materials, Sex Bias, Textbook Bias

Fisher, Allen P. – Family Relations, 2003
Twenty-one college textbooks and 16 readers in the sociology of the family and marriage and the family were examined for their treatment of adoption. A content analysis showed that little attention was devoted to adoption and that the coverage provided was predominantly negative, stressing the potential problems of adoption about twice as often as…
Descriptors: Adoption, Content Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Marriage