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Christine Gao – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2024
This study explores the integration of military themes and Nazi ideology within the "Mathematisches Arbeits- Und Lehrbuch" textbook series, which was a prominent tool in Nazi Germany for embedding National Socialist principles in mathematics education. Authored by Otto Zoll, a Nazi Party member, these textbooks were strategically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Research, Textbook Content
Delgado, Ander – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2017
In this article I explore the ways in which migrants from other parts of Spain to the Basque Country are portrayed in Basque social science textbooks published in the Basque Country between the end of Franco's dictatorship and the period of the transition to democracy. I elucidate the role attributed to immigrants, who were culturally and…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Democracy, Authoritarianism, Migrants
Purwanta, Hieronymus – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2017
This study examines the year-to-year development of militaristic discourse in Indonesian secondary education history textbooks since 1975. Historical descriptions written since the fall of Soeharto's military regime and its replacement by a civilian government in 1998 tend to emphasize Indonesia's military history and pay little attention to its…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, History Instruction, Textbook Content, Textbook Research
Ren, Wei; Han, Zhengrui – ELT Journal, 2016
Pragmatic competence has become an increasingly crucial component of language pedagogy. This article reports on a quantitative and qualitative study of ten English language textbooks used in Chinese universities with a particular focus on their coverage of pragmatic knowledge. Detailed analysis focused specifically on the mention of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, English Curriculum
Akçay, Süleyman – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
Analogical reasoning is both an innate ability and a basic learning mechanism that can be improved. In classrooms, it is an important tool used by teachers, especially when explaining difficult or abstract issues. In addition to its use in all aspects of our lives, analogical reasoning is commonly used in textbooks. This research examines the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Logical Thinking, Textbook Content, Textbook Research
Asghar, Samina Ali; Asghar, Zobina Muhammad; Mahmood, Muhammad Asim – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study aims to analyze the preface section of the fifteen English academic text book related to the field of linguistics. Researcher adapted the move structure pattern proposed by Abdollahzadeh & Salarvan (2013) on the notion of Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993). Fourteen moves were identified employed by preface authors to indicate…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Research, Linguistics, Literary Genres
Anggraini, Purwati; Kusniarti, Tuti – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This current study aimed at investigating Bahasa Indonesia textbooks with regards to local wisdom issues. The preliminary study was utilized as the basis for developing instructional materials of Bahasa Indonesia that are rich of characters. Bahasa Indonesia instructional materials containing local wisdoms not only equip students with broad…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Indigenous Knowledge, Grade 10
Mishra, Rishabh Kumar – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
Textbook questions and exercises are quintessential part of every textbook. One can easily locate textbook questions at the end of the every chapter and also in between the texts. What are they meant for? Usually we think they are meant for assessing learners' understanding regarding subject knowledge, providing clue to teacher to form other…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Geography Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content
Ozer, Eren; Sezer, Renan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study offers a comparative analysis of questions found in Turkish, Singaporean, and American mathematics textbooks and workbooks based on topics covered in the 8th grade mathematics curriculum in Turkey. To this end, the study utilizes the 3-dimensional framework developed by Li. When the questions in the textbooks and workbooks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Materials, Textbook Content
Patrick Brindle – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 1994, I embarked on a PhD study to examine, for the first time, what happened inside the classroom during history lessons in pre-Second World War Britain. Previous studies had relied largely on a study of textbook content and official curricula guidance, without stopping to ask how and whether such materials were actually used in pre-war…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, European History, History Instruction, Oral History
Representations of Chemical Bonding Models in School Textbooks--Help or Hindrance for Understanding?
Bergqvist, Anna; Drechsler, Michal; De Jong, Onno; Rundgren, Shu-Nu Chang – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
Models play an important and central role in science as well as in science education. Chemical bonding is one of the most important topics in upper secondary school chemistry, and this topic is dominated by the use of models. In the past decade, research has shown that chemical bonding is a topic that students find difficult, and therefore, a wide…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Research, Content Analysis, Molecular Structure
Dolev, Sarit; Even, Ruhama – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
This study analyzes six seventh grade Israeli mathematics textbooks, examining (1) the extent to which students are required to justify and explain their mathematical work, and (2) whether students are asked to justify a mathematical claim that is stated by the textbook or a mathematical claim that they themselves generated when solving a problem.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research
Seker, Mustafa; Osmanoglu, Ahmet Emin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Having an efficient and satisfactory economy education may enable an individual to actively participate in decision making process about economy-related issues. This is very important for democratic societies. This research aims to search methods and levels of teaching "economy" concepts prepared for Turkey 2005 Social Studies Program in…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content
Forjan, Matej; Sliško, Josip – European Journal of Physics Education, 2014
This article presents the results of an analysis of three Slovenian textbooks for high school physics, from the point of view of simplifications and idealizations in the field of mechanics. In modeling of physical systems, making simplifications and idealizations is important, since one ignores minor effects and focuses on the most important…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), High Schools, Curriculum, Curriculum Research
Gafoor, K. Abdul; Greeshma, K. – Online Submission, 2014
In the context of growing empirical evidence to lack of clear understanding of the language of the science content, undesirable student outcomes including difficulty in learning science and a lack of interest with their science content area, and chemistry being particularly loaded with specialized terminology of its own, this study analyzed the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Chemistry, Textbook Content