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Wernecke, Ulrike; Schwanewedel, Julia; Harms, Ute – Science Education, 2018
Energy transfer in ecosystems is an abstract and challenging topic for learners. Metaphors are widely used in scientific and educational discourse to communicate ideas about abstract phenomena. However, although considered valuable teaching tools, metaphors are ambiguous and can be misleading when used in educational contexts. Educational…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Energy, Power Technology, Ecology
Er, Onur – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study aims to examine the textbook "Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese" in terms of cultural elements. The data of this qualitative research were collected by means of the document review method. Content analysis, one of the qualitative analysis techniques, was used in the evaluation of the research data. A second…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Content Analysis
Elban, Mehmet – European Journal of Educational Research, 2018
In this research, images related to national identity were examined in history textbooks. In the first stage, nationalism, the historical course of the Turkish national identity and related literature were examined, and some components of national identity were determined. Various categories related to national identity have been formed from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Textbook Content, Content Analysis
Fong, Chan Suet; DeWitt, Dorothy; Leng, Chin Hai – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
Language cannot be taught outside the culture of the society. A foreign language learner needs to learn the context and the cultural elements to avoid conflicts and misunderstanding arising from differing values, beliefs, and customs. Hence, foreign language instruction needs to emphasise intercultural communicative competence and include cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Public Colleges, Second Language Instruction
Powers, Elia M.; Haller, Beth – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2017
This study examines representation of disabilities by conducting a qualitative content analysis of how 41 journalism/mass communication textbooks frame the ideal standards of verbal communication for media professionals. Textbooks are integral to students' understanding of professional norms and may influence career decisions. Results show that…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Journalism, Communications, Textbooks
Bain, Kalyani; Siddique, Mohammad Nure Alam – Science Education International, 2017
This study explored the organization of contents in the junior secondary science curriculum of Bangladesh. The research questions of this study focus on how science content is sequenced and integrated in the intended curriculum. Document analysis within a qualitative approach has been followed to conduct this study. Both junior secondary science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction
Lekawael, Rosina Fransisca J. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This study aimed at investigating and understanding the cultural values in texts of English coursebooks in Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia. The researchers used content analysis method to analyze data in depth, detailed, and complete about the cultural values. The result of this research revealed that the cultural values from texts view found in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Textbooks, Content Analysis
Deckman, Sherry L.; Fulmer, Ellie Fitts; Kirby, Keely; Hoover, Katharine; Mackall, Abena Subira – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2018
Textbooks are a multimillion dollar publishing business in the United States. Even as 21st-century classrooms become more multimodal, digital and hardcopy textbooks remain a key feature of American education. Consequently, classroom textbooks have been shown to control knowledge dissemination across the content areas. In particular, health texts…
Descriptors: Race, Gender Differences, Sexuality, Elementary Education
Where Are the Women? An Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming in Introductory Political Science Textbooks
Atchison, Amy L. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
Textbook content is a powerful indicator of what is and is not considered important in a given discipline. Textbooks shape both curriculum and students' thinking about a subject. The extant literature indicates that gender is not well represented in American government textbooks, thus signaling to students that women and gender are not part of the…
Descriptors: Political Science, Textbooks, Gender Issues, Females
Taylor, Liz – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
Teaching demands engagement with a diverse world. When teaching about distant places, school textbooks commonly employ mediation devices of comparison, contrast and narratives of change. To what extent are such pedagogical strategies inherently othering? This question is addressed in the context of representations of Japan in English geography…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Educational Strategies
Stoskopf, Alan; Bermudez, Angela – Journal of Peace Education, 2017
In this paper we examine how the Abolition Movement's approach to non-violent resistance has been silenced in four American history textbooks. Despite extensive research that reveals an extensive network of groups dedicated to the peaceful abolishment of slavery little of this historical record is included in the textbooks. Instead, a skewed…
Descriptors: United States History, Peace, Teaching Methods, Activism
Aybek, Birsel; Aslan, Serkan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Various research have been conducted investigating the quality and quantity of textbooks such as wording, content, design, visuality, physical properties, activities, methods and techniques, questions and experiments, events, misconceptions, organizations, pictures, text selection, end of unit questions and assessments, indexes…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Social Studies, Textbooks, Critical Thinking
Stockdale, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In light of the recently published Common Core State Standards Initiative, public school curriculum has once again come under scrutiny. While curriculum debates have taken place since the very beginnings of public schooling in the United States, too few have taken more than a passing notice of the textbooks that, in many cases, comprise the…
Descriptors: Social Values, Textbooks, Public Schools, Reading Instruction
Aghababaeian, Parinaz; Moghaddam, Shams Aldin Hashemi; Nateghi, Faezeh; Faghihi, Alireza – International Education Studies, 2017
This study investigated the changes in public school social studies textbooks in general period of Iran (fourth and fifth grades) based on the emphasis on Facione critical thinking skills in the past three decades. In this study, content analysis of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to evaluate changes in textbook. For this purpose,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Social Studies, Grade 4
Wang, Danping – Cogent Education, 2016
Textbooks in foreign-language education are by their nature ideological, representing the dominant culture and values. This study attempts to critically examine the discourse in language textbooks, specifically those used for Chinese as a foreign-language education in Mainland China, in order to reveal the national identity embedded in them.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Foreign Countries