ERIC Number: EJ1448762
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-2041-6938
EISSN: EISSN-2041-6946
Building a Democratic Culture: Society and Nature in Portuguese Secondary Education Textbooks from 1970 to 1999
Maria João Mogarro; Filomena Alves Rodrigues
Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, v16 n1 p130-152 2024
The time frame of this article covers the Portuguese transition to democracy in the 1970s until the 1990s, when democratic institutions operated fully. The focus lies on the way in which changes in the conceptualization of nature and society and their mutual relationship were reflected in secondary education textbooks. We explore whether and how knowledge about both domains provided in textbooks contributed toward democratic education and toward the exercise of citizenship at a time when democracy was in the making. Both natural sciences and history textbooks express environmentalist concerns and promote an ecological perspective. History textbooks frame these concerns in the social, cultural, and political contexts of the time.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Democracy, Social Change, Secondary School Students, Citizenship, History Instruction, Science Instruction, Social Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Political Attitudes, Content Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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