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Peer reviewedGraham, Robert J. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1989
A study of pedagogy, form, and content of the "Irish Readers," the first textbooks authorized for Upper Canada (1846), gives an ideological picture of society. Class-specific social theory of the time structured the textbooks, and the Readers assisted in the promulgation of a specific world view. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Traits, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
