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ERIC Number: EJ496894
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0685
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Gender, Ethnicity and Textbooks.
Clarkson, Philip
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v49 n2 p14-16 Jun 1993
Studied 18 mathematics textbooks and found: most segments of the books did not refer to people, 45% of people depicted were male compared to 39% female, most people depicted were shown as active not passive, and only 8% of instances showed a person who was not Anglo-Australian. (MKR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Textbooks
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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