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Henry, Michael S. – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Maintains that most history textbooks support the traditional view that dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima (Japan) was necessary to end World War II and save U.S. lives. Briefly articulates the revisionist view that the bombing's main purpose was to intimidate the Soviet Union. Reviews six textbooks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Historiography, History Instruction
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Livingston, Carolyn – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Identifies those women mentioned most frequently in general U.S. music education history books and examines the contexts in which the books discussed their work. Surveys individuals interested in music education history to determine name recognition of these women and opinions regarding the importance of their contributions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Books, Educational Discrimination, Educational History
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Pine, Lisa – History of Education, 1996
Examines and analyzes a number of textbooks used during the National Socialist regime in Germany. In accordance with a centralized, totalitarian effort the textbooks overwhelmingly represented Nazi ideology especially in their focus on eugenics, family roles, and the importance of the community. (MJP)
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Fascism, Foreign Countries
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Light, Beth; And Others – History and Social Science Teacher, 1989
Reports a survey of 66 history textbooks, published after 1980, to determine the extent of sex equity content. Found that no examined text met the sex equity policy of the Ontario Ministry of Education. Describes the treatment of females as inaccurate, marginal, incidental, and trivial. Provides examples from the texts surveyed. (LS)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Feminism
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Apple, Michael W. – Educational Researcher, 1992
Discusses ways of approaching text and textbooks as embodiments of a larger process of cultural politics, focusing on the analysis of the relationships involved in their production, contexts, use, and reading. Newer forms of analysis that emphasize the politics of how students actually create meanings around texts are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Romanowski, Michael H. – Social Education, 1996
Argues that oftentimes simple parallel constructions and choice of examples reflect an unconscious bias in history textbooks. Reveals a number of these, particularly related to the United States' treatment of minorities in World War II. Advocates using strategies to identify and challenge biases in history textbooks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Bias, Civil Liberties, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking
Grant, Agnes; Gillespie, LaVina – 1993
Overwhelmingly, the cultures of schools reflect the norms of middle-class European-Americans. Many young Native Americans fail to adapt to this culture and are perceived as unacceptable and uneducable. Deprivation of a sound educational system and concomitant social relegation lead to dismal educational outcomes and subsequent effects on health,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
Ramos, Arnoldo, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This document makes the argument that since the European conquest of the Western Hemisphere, society has had a policy of "covering" the history of the indigenous people. The systems of religion, farming, government, education, and the economy of native peoples from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego were outlawed and repressed. Textbooks…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Critical Thinking, Culture Contact
Glazer, Nathan; Ueda, Reed – 1983
Six popular high school American history textbooks are examined to address accusations of overcompensation by textbook publishers as a result of the raised ethnic consciousness of the 1970s. The textbooks are: "Our American Heritage" (Silver Burdett); "The Pageant of American History" (Allyn and Bacon); "A History of Our American Republic"…
Descriptors: Black History, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism
Garrity, Kathleen – 1987
A study compared the 1975 and 1983 editions of the "Macmillan Reading Program Series" primary readers in order to examine sex role portrayals. It was hypothesized that the 1983 edition would show an increase in portrayals of non-sexist roles when compared with the 1975 edition. A checklist was constructed to record instances of sexism…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Characterization, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Fleming, Dan B. – 1986
Seven widely-used high school world history textbooks were analyzed to test the proposition that alternative political and economic systems, such as American democracy and Soviet communism, are treated neutrally, as if they are morally equivalent. This proposition has been advanced by leaders in the U.S. Department of Education as a criticism of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Reck, Una Mae Lange; And Others – 1986
Textbooks used in grades 2 through 12 in a county school system in rural North Carolina were analyzed to determine the degree of cultural congruency between school curriculum and ethnic cultural setting in Appalachia. Thirty-five elementary school reading books, high school and elementary school social studies books, and high school literature…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Britton, Gwyneth; Lumpkin, Margaret – Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, 1983
Analysis of sex and race representation in almost 3000 stories drawn from 77 basal readers in 7 series published between 1980 and 1982 shows that, although minority and female numerical representation has increased, there has been little progress in role models offered. In terms of representation in the labor force, males of all races were…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Career Awareness, Content Analysis, Disabilities
Lamott, Stephen – 1988
There has always been a traditional bias in the learning materials used in schools. Due to a growing awareness of this bias, educators have become sensitive to the need for change in curricular materials. The trend in textbook publication has been to pretend that discrimination no longer exists in the United States. The extensive textbook…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economics, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Decore, A. M.; And Others – 1981
In summer 1982, at the request of Alberta Education, an evaluation study was undertaken of all learning resources presently listed in their publications "Alberta Social Studies Learning Resources for Elementary Schools" and "Alberta Social Studies Learning Resources for Secondary Schools, 1980/81," including recommended and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Atlases, Canada Natives
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