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Tabatadze, Shalva; Gorgadze, Natia; Gabunia, Kakha; Tinikashvili, David – Intercultural Education, 2020
This study used content analysis to explore the way in which primary grade school textbooks in Georgia cover multicultural content. Seventeen primary grade textbooks for all subjects were assessed with Relational Qualitative Content Analysis, which included five subcomponents: (1) ethnocentric approaches; (2) promoting intolerance; (3)…
Descriptors: Multicultural Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education
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Amzalag, Meital; Shapira, Noa – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This study examined an online professional development program designed to support meaningful acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different cultures in Israeli society. The rationale of the online program was based on the premise that indirect online contact might improve intergroup relations in diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Abdou, Ehaab D.; Chan, W. Y. Alice – Multicultural Perspectives, 2017
How are religious traditions and exchanges between them constructed in textbooks used in Quebec? Through a critical discourse analysis of History and Citizenship Education, and Ethics and Religious Culture textbooks, we find that the Abrahamic monotheistic tradition is valorized, while non-Abrahamic monotheistic traditions and polytheism are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion Studies, Religion, Religious Factors
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Cho, Youngdal; Park, Yunkyoung – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016
In this study we will observe how multicultural content is covered in elementary and secondary schools in Korea. For this purpose, a total of 52 textbooks (social studies, ethics and Korean language from third to ninth grade) were analysed using two analysis frames. The first frame is the "multicultural content analysis frame (MCAF)"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Multicultural Textbooks
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Karakus, Mehmet; Türkkan, Buket Turhan; Öztürk, Fikriye – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The document review method, which is a qualitative research method, was used in this study that aims to examine the social studies curriculum and course books in terms of attainments, teaching-learning process and measurement-evaluation process in the context of global citizenship. Furthermore, opinions of social studies teachers on the curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum
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Mostafazadeh, Esmail; Keshtiaray, Narges; Ghulizadeh, Azar – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Existing racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural variety, in different countries, educational systems, committed them to respond decently to plurality & diversity of their communities, and they are considered to be decently in educational curriculum. Multicultural education is an approach that is adopted in response to cultural diversity in a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Benefits, Qualitative Research
Shapiro, Nancy – 1992
A flood of new multicultural readers and textbooks are hitting the market for writing and literature courses at the college level. Yet there has been no systematic examination of how these readers are being used, the purposes and audiences for which they are written, or the critical reception they have received. Multicultural readers distinguish…
Descriptors: College English, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Philosophy
Schwartz, Lita L.; Isser, Natalie – 1978
The legal biculturalism of Canada and the actual multiculturalism of Canada, the United States, and other countries require that we promote in our schools a positive and realistic view of a variety of ethnic cultures. This goal can be met through teacher education, integration of multicultural concepts into the curriculum in appropriate contexts,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
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McKinney, Linda J.; And Others – Rural Educator, 1997
Ten Oklahoma reading textbooks from five publishers contained 462 stories, of which 28% were multicultural. A survey of 148 teachers from 10 rural Oklahoma schools found that only 4% of books used in classrooms addressed cultural diversity. Tradebooks address cultural diversity better than textbooks, but are less available to rural teachers.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness
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Denton, Karen L.; Muir, Sharon Pray – Social Education, 1994
Asserts that, since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, social studies textbooks have changed to reflect a multicultural perspective. Encourages primary-level teachers to supplement instruction with visual aids that represent ethnic groups in positive ways. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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Wolf, Alvin – Social Studies Review, 1992
Analyzes two eighth-grade history and geography textbooks for multicultural content. Presents and follows the guidelines established in the "California History Social Science Framework." Discusses the texts' coverage of African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and immigrants from Europe. Evaluates visual…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Trezise, Robert – 1973
In compliance with the Social Studies Textbook Act of the State of Michigan, 18 elementary, junior high school, and high school level social studies books were examined to determine the extent to which they adequately reflect the multi-racial, multi-ethnic and pluralistic nature of American society, both past and present. A group of 27 educators,…
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Evaluation Criteria
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Feiner, Susan F. – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Reports on a study of introductory college economics textbooks on the quality and quantity of coverage of the economic status of women and minorities. Finds that textbooks still have a tendency to exclude women and minorities from the general discussion and disguise the multiplicity of explanations for observed differences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Pluralism, Economics Education