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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
Popplewell, Susan G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the presence, allocation, and quality of multicultural content found within 17 textbooks assigned to preservice teachers for early childhood education specialization courses at a large regional university in Oklahoma. A mixed-methods content analysis was conducted to assess the depth, breadth and instructional relevance of 58…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Specialization

Grant, Carl A.; And Others – Educational Studies, 1986
Provides an overview of multicultural education's goals, methods, and content as represented in 68 English language books published since 1961. Offers recommendations for further development of the field. (JDH)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Multicultural Education, Multicultural Textbooks, State of the Art Reviews
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
May, Wanda T.; And Others – 1990
An analysis and critique of two elementary textbook series: "Discover Art" by Davis Publications and "World of Music" published by Silver Burdett & Ginn are presented. "Whose content, context, and culture?" is an ideological question that assumes that equitable social relations and diverse ways of knowing ought to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Garcia, Jesus; And Others – 1990
Although the minority content of textbooks has increased and improved over time, its purpose and application are seldom discussed. Various approaches that promote multicultural principles, such as films, intergroup contact, curriculum innovation, multi-ethnic readers, and literature packages, are outlined in this review of the effective…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Studies, Ethnicity

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

King, Joyce Elaine – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
Examines ideological representations of how slavery began and a slave's trip to America (the Middle Passage) as depicted in classroom texts in California public schools. Explores the controversy over the adoption of these supposedly multicultural textbooks through interviews with eight African-American parents and four multicultural education…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black History, Black Students, Black Studies

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
Sevier, Brian R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
Curricular materials of the past have much to offer researchers and educators today. In this article, I examine two pieces of instructional material, a textbook entitled "People of Denver" and a unit on the inequalities of opportunities available to minority groups in Denver. Both these items were written in Denver, by Denver teachers at…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Minority Groups, Social Studies, Multicultural Textbooks

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
Brown, Brian A. – Diversity and Division, 1992
Textbooks with a multicultural focus that attempt to promote tolerance are increasingly being used in elementary, secondary, and higher education. The issue is whether or not multicultural readers are a feasible replacement for the traditional literary canon. Changes in academic publishing are responses to activist and minority groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Activism, Cultural Awareness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Marsahll, Carmen – Inquiry, 2002
Describes a two-part study involving 125 minority female students, 14 faculty members and 35 textbooks that explored the kinds of images minority students found in their textbooks. Results indicated that the exclusion, omission, or misrepresentation through images directly impacted student learning as well as student career choices. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images, Ethnic Groups

Butterfield, Robin A.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1979
Includes an historical overview of reading textbooks, a discussion of some procedures used by publishers to eliminate textbook bias, an analysis of a popular Houghton-Mifflin reading series (for grades 1-3), and a proposed statement of the rights of children to unbiased textbooks. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Grade 1
Glazer, Nathan; Ueda, Reed – 1983
Six popular high school American history textbooks are examined to address accusations of overcompensation by textbook publishers as a result of the raised ethnic consciousness of the 1970s. The textbooks are: "Our American Heritage" (Silver Burdett); "The Pageant of American History" (Allyn and Bacon); "A History of Our American Republic"…
Descriptors: Black History, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism
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