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Mahak Mahajan – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2025
Articles 28 and 30 of the Indian Constitution (1950) guarantee the right of religious minorities to establish their educational institutions and impart religious education. Analysing the curriculum, textbooks, and pedagogical practices of one such minority-run institution for girls makes it possible for us to see how contemporary Muslims in India…
Descriptors: Females, Religious Schools, Educational Legislation, Muslims
Li, Xinying; Deocampo, Marilyn Fernandez – Arab World English Journal, 2021
It is generally known that textbook is the first and the most vital tool for teachers to proceed with successful English language teaching activities. Hence, it is indispensable for all language teachers to evaluate books critically and choose a suitable textbook. This article aimed to explore the different features of two famous college English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Nikouee, Majid – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
The issue of whether, when, and how to respond to learners' oral errors is something every teacher has to consider. Early studies of teachers' feedback practices consisted of observations of how they managed this complex process (e.g., Lyster & Ranta, 1997). Beginning with these descriptions, a large body of research on types of oral…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Error Correction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship
Šulíková, Jana – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: In light of the public resistance towards the deepening of European integration (EI) and the role that education is anticipated to have in supporting the process, this paper examines the conceptualisation of EI in lower secondary textbooks for History, Geography and Civics. Specifically, the paper asks whether EI is conceived of as a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, History Instruction, Geography Instruction, Social Change
Yang, Der-Ching; Sianturi, Iwan Andi Jonri – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
This study analyzed how the earliest teaching and learning of probability was organized in Singapore, the US, and Indonesia through an analysis of textbook as an intended mathematics curriculum. An analytical framework was developed comprising four perspectives: representational forms, cognitive demand levels, contextual features, and organization…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Probability, Cross Cultural Studies
Birova, Jana; Kralova, Zdena – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
In the study, the following research questions are responded: Are there any conception differences within the textbook series? How might the conception influence teaching French? The current study presents the results with implications for teachers of French at secondary schools. It points out some significant markers such as the preference of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Secondary School Teachers
Arensmeier, Cecilia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: The aim of the article is to examine civic education in Sweden with regard to equality, by comparing curricula and textbooks for social studies in different tracks in upper-secondary school. Method: The study is based on qualitative text analysis, with quantitative features. The analysis maps themes covered, the extent and depth of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
Kara, Ömer Tugru – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Textbooks have a great importance in instructing and sharing experiences by the use of theoretical information. This study aims to present views of instructors regarding the selection and use of textbooks in Turkish education departments. For that purpose, the participants in this survey were composed of 15 instructors officiating in the Turkish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Bergqvist, Anna; Chang Rundgren, Shu-Nu – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2017
Background: Textbooks are integral tools for teachers' lessons. Several researchers observed that school teachers rely heavily on textbooks as informational sources when planning lessons. Moreover, textbooks are an important resource for developing students' knowledge as they contain various representations that influence students' learning.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
Guilloteaux, Marie J. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
This paper outlines a procedure for language textbook analysis from the perspective of second language acquisition (SLA) principles as a preliminary procedure to evaluation for selection. The aim is to provide a tool that allows comparison of the potential of textbooks for supporting students' language learning. To this end, ten general principles…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Schmidt, Sandra J. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
Same-sex marriage is part of a global civil rights struggle for LGBQ rights. How this movement is framed, advanced, and critiqued across the globe can be linked to how young people in schools are prepared to deliberate social issues in the political sphere. This article examines national history books as cultural artifacts that present what is…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Social Justice, Social Bias, Homosexuality
Opoku-Amankwa, Kwasi; Brew-Hammond, Aba; Kofigah, Francis Elsbend – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
This paper investigates three English textbooks for primary classes 4, 5 and 6 in Ghana from the "Gateway to English for Primary Schools" series, and their complementary teachers' guides, in order to determine the assumptions about teaching and learning which the books embody. The paper pays particular attention to the approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Textbooks, English
Newton, Lynn D.; Newton, Douglas P. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
New teachers and those without a strong background in geography tend to neglect "higher level" thinking, including causal explanations and thinking about reasons in primary school geography. This is a problem that training has yet to address effectively, at least in the UK. It could be that children's textbooks may help such teachers…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Geography, Geography Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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
Watt, Michael G. – 1990
This article reports a study of decision-making processes for selecting instructional materials. The project had two aims: (1) to survey research findings and practices of decision-making processes in instructional material selection in the United States and Australia; and (2) to identify the attributes of decision-making processes used to select…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Criteria
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