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Lee, Jongwon; Catling, Simon; Kidman, Gillian; Bednarz, Robert; Krause, Uwe; Martija, Andoni Arenas; Ohnishi, Koji; Wilmot, Di; Zecha, Stefanie – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
Like all school textbooks, geography textbooks are authored. Almost all textbook research in and beyond geography has neglected their authors. This questionnaire-based multinational research project investigated the perceptions of 71 primary and secondary school geography textbook authors from seven countries in five continents. Though not…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Textbooks, Authors, Elementary Secondary Education
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Davidson, Rachel; Liu, Yongcan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2020
Research on the representation of culture in language textbooks rarely incorporates the concept of global citizenship, despite its increasing relevance to language education in our globalising world. To address this critique, a mixed-method study was conducted to investigate cultural representation in Japanese elementary school English textbooks,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Textbook Content, English (Second Language), Cultural Traits
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Feinberg, Walter – Issues in Education, 1985
Criticizes reports on educational reform for possessing an ideological climate in which inquiry and dissent are quieted, and vocationalism (packaged as academic courses) is rampant. The reports compromise between influence and insight and neglect fundamental problems such as inability of schools to provide students with critical abilities needed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
McKay, Penny, Ed.; Graves, Kathleen, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
As the second volume of a seven-volume series, this book describes curriculum development as three interrelated processes: planning, enacting, and evaluating. Curriculum development is a dynamic process that happens among learners and teachers in the classroom. In this volume, readers will encounter teachers, curriculum developers, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Curriculum Development