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Mason, Emily – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2010
Research investigating music textbook series is limited and has primarily focused on series no longer in publication, on two grade levels, and/or on limited cultures. The purpose of this study is to examine what countries are and have been represented in current music textbook series. Additional questions in the study pertain to frequency and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation
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Graham, Robert J. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1989
A study of pedagogy, form, and content of the "Irish Readers," the first textbooks authorized for Upper Canada (1846), gives an ideological picture of society. Class-specific social theory of the time structured the textbooks, and the Readers assisted in the promulgation of a specific world view. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Traits, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Gordy, Laurie L.; Pritchard, Alice M. – Urban Education, 1995
Examines the extent to which social studies textbooks include diverse perspectives on U.S. history through a content analysis of the treatment of slavery in 17 5th-grade texts in Connecticut. Students are receiving a sanitized view of the history of slavery, with only a partial picture of discrimination. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education