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Download full textGagnon, Paul – 1987
Content weakness in textbooks is a major obstacle to effective social studies teaching. Chapters 1-3 of this book provide the Education for Democracy Project's Statement of Principles, a consideration of history's role as the core of social studies education, and the role of textbooks in teaching world history. Chapters 4-14 examine five selected…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Democracy, Democratic Values, High Schools
Saddler, Virginia B. – 1970
A study was made to discover how the public school educator views the library and its librarian and what attempts are made in Kentucky teacher training institutions to offer instruction in the use of library facilities. Specific questions involved the image and role of libraries in education textbooks and courses, and the implications of that…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Education Courses, Library Instruction, Library Role
Robinson, Donald W., Ed. – 1974
A study of the treatment of contemporary America in textbooks of other countries reveals the impressions gained by secondary school students in those countries from textbook reading and discloses ways in which these books mention American character, culture, and institutions. Passages selected from secondary level textbooks of 19 countries in…
Descriptors: American Culture, Attitudes, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences
Marciano, John – 1997
This book is about civic literacy, which is described as "the ability to think critically and objectively about the nation's fundamental premises and practices." The volume examines influential education reports and theorists who have defined the civic literacy debate. The book challenges the dominant perspective of history as presented…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Civics, Content Analysis
Braham, Randolph L., Ed. – 1987
This book presents an overview of the treatment of the Holocaust in the textbooks used in the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, and the United States. Selection of these three countries was based on historical, political, and state administration criteria. All three countries are democratic but vary in terms of history, heritage, and…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Bias, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Applebee, Arthur N.; And Others – 1984
Building upon the National Study of Writing in the Secondary School conducted in 1981, this volume presents the results of recent scholarly inquiry into the nature of writing. Background information for the study is discussed in chapter 1, while chapter 2 describes the additional data that have been gathered since the national survey: a study of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Content Area Writing, Prior Learning, Revision (Written Composition)
Altbach, Philip G.; Kelly, Gail P. – 1988
This volume of essays focuses on textbooks in developing nations of the world. Issues of concern are textbook supply in the schools, national policies and their relation to textbook supply and content, the role of national and international agencies in textbook publication and control, and the influence of textbooks on classroom practice. The…
Descriptors: African Studies, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Content Analysis
