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Mann, David A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Drawing on the principles of critical multicultural teacher education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and bilingual education, this study examined how pre-service teachers were prepared to educate Emerging Bilinguals (EBs) in ESOL-infused teacher education programs in Florida universities. The textual analysis of a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Bilingual Students, Second Language Instruction
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Fleming, Dan B.; Morrill, Robert W. – Social Studies, 1982
Presents a critical examination of six high school geography textbooks to see how they varied in their treatment of world politics, and comments on the degree of nationalistic bias in each one. Suggestions for teachers are included to help them deal with political concepts and bias in textbooks. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, High Schools, Politics, Teaching Methods
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Draper, Roni Jo – Journal of Literacy Research, 2002
Outlines how nine content-area textbooks dealt with reading and writing instruction. Explains that the texts were read to be coded and to identify categories of literacy messages. Notes that content-area textbooks contain negative discussions about traditional teaching methods, and that the authors seem to care about content-area literacy but do…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Smith, Robin M. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2006
This paper suggests ways in which to look at textbooks in terms of how they socially construct students with disabilities who receive special education services. Although students with developmental disabilities were not included in most of these texts, the treatment of students with mild disabilities revealed varied attitudes towards disability.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Textbooks, Mild Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities
Chiodo, John J. – Curriculum Review, 1977
If public education is going to attempt to meet children's needs in our present and future ever-changing society, teachers must continually review the material they use in their classrooms. Considers this factor in teaching the concept of family in a social studies lesson. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Characteristics, Family Relationship, Family Structure
Kobayashi, Victor N. And Others. – Today's Education: Social Studies Edition, 1981
Summarizes results of a cooperative international analysis of social studies texts by the United States/Japan Study Group. The project found books from each country tended to justify their own country's actions while consistently oversimplifying conditions in the other. Teaching strategies to counteract textbook biases are included. (AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, International Relations, Nationalism, Secondary Education
Spitzer, Richard C. – American Education, 1975
Today as they have during the past 300 years, textbooks play the basic role in telling us who we are as a people and as a nation. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Objectives, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes
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Fan, Lianghuo; Kaeley, Gurcharn S. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2000
A study investigating the influence of textbooks on teaching strategies in 13 schools compared teaching strategies of 14 secondary teachers using University of Chicago School Mathematics Project secondary mathematics textbooks to those of 14 teachers using other textbooks. Results indicate that textbooks convey pedagogical messages and provide…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Mathematics Instruction
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Crowley, Sharon – Rhetoric Review, 1985
Traces the decline in importance and scope of invention under the prevalent current-traditional approach to rhetoric. Suggests that as a result students are being taught a writing process and a set of assumptions about discourse that have nothing to do with either how writing gets done or with contemporary thinking about the relation of language…
Descriptors: College English, Educational History, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Willeke, Audrone, B.; Sanders, Ruth H. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Illustrates teaching strategies that will counteract the sex-role stereotyping typically present in elementary German language texts. Practical measures that teachers can take to increase student awareness of sex stereotyping in the areas of grammar, lexical items, dialogues, and readings are discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, German, Language Instruction
Sadker, Myra Pollack; Sadker, David Miller – 1979
The content of current teacher education textbooks was analyzed in regard to the attention paid to contributions of women to society, recognition and discussion of sexism, and sex stereotypes. Also presented are measures teacher educators need to take to rectify potential inaccuracy and imbalance in the textbooks they use. Biased attitudes were…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Groups, Self Concept, Sex Bias
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Ruiz, Vicki L. – History Teacher, 1987
Discusses the cursory treatment of Mexican Americans and Mexican American History in United States History textbooks and classrooms. Identifies instructional methods useful in engaging student interest. Argues that the present inadequacies of education and educational tools in this area perpetuate existing stereotypes and contribute to cultural…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, History Instruction, History Textbooks
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Wright, Ian – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Considers the ubiquitous use of textbooks in social studies classrooms and recommends constructing critical-thinking exercises revealing textual bias. Suggested exercises concern issues of emotional or ambiguous language, geographic and cultural inclusion/exclusion, and accuracy of data. Includes several examples of critical-thinking activities.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement
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Birchall, Gregory; Faichney, Gavin – Social Studies, 1985
An analysis of elementary social studies textbook series showed that the images presented in the texts do not equate with the reality that most Australians experience. A more realistic approach to teaching about Australia would be to examine the lifestyles of urban Australians. Possible ways of doing this are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Images, Educational Needs, Elementary Education
Kingman, Barry – 1976
Since history textbooks omit and/or emphasize certain data, students are left with a false sense of history. Although the "hard data" presented in history texts is generally regarded as reliable, the selection and organization of that data is inherently manipulative because other data has been excluded. Because authors do not begin with a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Data, Discovery Processes
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