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Hidden in Plain Sight: Gender Bias and Heteronormativity in Dutch Textbooks
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van de Rozenberg, Tessa M.; Groeneveld, Marleen G.; van Veen, Daudi P.; van der Pol, Lotte D.; Mesman, Judi – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this study, we examined gender and sexuality representation in language and math textbooks for Dutch secondary education. We analyzed all male and female characters in 13 language textbooks (N = 7,347) and 12 math textbooks (N = 4,591). Our results confirmed our expectations based on the theory of the hidden curriculum: female characters were…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Sexual Orientation, Textbook Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Imagining Oneself: Narrative Evaluations of the Professional Identities of Learners in a Transnational Higher-Educational Setting
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Haines, Kevin – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2015
This article uses a narrative approach to investigate the learning experiences of third-year medical students in a transnational higher educational setting, specifically during an elective period abroad. The students evaluate their learning experiences in an unfamiliar environment both in relation to previous learning and in relation to their…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Medical Students, Learning Experience, Personal Narratives
Catholic Schools and the Embodiment of Religiosity: The Development of Catholicity toward the Common Good
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Elshof, Toke – Religious Education, 2015
In the Netherlands, the relation between Catholic schools and the Catholic Church was apparent during the pillarized educational system and culture of the first decades of the 20th century. In the post-pillarized decennia afterward, their connection transformed and became less recognizable. At first glance, their contemporary relation sometimes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Catholic Schools, Religious Factors
Inequality as an Effect of Rule-Setting Behavior.
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Van der Kley, Peter – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1988
A Dutch study compared two first grade classes with regard to teacher treatment of students and student behavior (dependent variables). One class participated in a national initiative to reduce or eliminate educational inequities. The independent variables included socioeconomic background, sex, scholastic identity attributed by the teacher, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education, Foreign Countries