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Direct linkJohnson, John R.; Nieto, Jesus – Multicultural Perspectives, 2007
This paper reports the findings of a simple normative content analysis of 11 multicultural education textbooks to determine the extent to which disability and deaf culture are represented. In addition, this study examines multicultural education textbooks to assess the extent to which perspectives of members of the disability and deaf communities…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Multicultural Education, Textbooks, Deafness
Dance, E. H. – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1974
Author describes the Brunswick Institute's work on bias in history textbooks. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, History Textbooks, Textbook Bias, Textbook Research
Peer reviewedRosenberg, Max – Educational Leadership, 1972
Article seeks to alert educators to the problems resulting from the use of textbooks that are unsatisfactory, and indeed harmful, to members of both majority and minority groups. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: Multicultural Textbooks, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection
Peer reviewedCandland, Douglas K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
Describes the disciplinary role of comparative psychology and examines why comparative psychologists do not consider professional associations of psychology to be representative of the discipline's core. Reviews the treatment of comparative psychology in textbooks and emphasizes the view of comparative psychology on the nature of causation and…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Evolution, Higher Education, Psychology
Rutherford, Millicent – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1976
Investigates sex-role stereotyping and its subtle infiltration into instructional materials for English and mathematics teaching. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Authors, Females, Males
Mickinock, Rey – School Library Journal, 1971
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Book Reviews, Textbook Bias
Smith, Shirley – School Library Journal, 1975
A staff member of the Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, West Virginia evaluates the West Virginia textbook controversy. (PF)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Librarians, Social Responsibility
Peer reviewedMoore, Vardine – Educational Horizons, 1973
Article evaluated sex role stereotypes in children's books and how they affect children's attitudes. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Females, Feminism
Peer reviewedKirschner, Betty Frankle – American Journal of Sociology, 1973
An examination of 10 randomly selected introductory sociology texts revealed that five of the ten failed to index a reference to women. The analysis of the role of women in American society is an area which the introductory texts leave impressively unexplored. (Author)
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Role Perception, Social Attitudes
Pratt, David – Interchange, 1971
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Minority Groups, Statistical Analysis, Textbook Bias
Peer reviewedKane, Michael B. – Current, 1971
While there has been some genuine improvement in the textbook presentations of Jews, Nazi persecutions, black Americans, and Americans of Indian, Oriental, and Spanish-speaking heritage, it has been uneven at the best. A significant number of texts continue to present a principally white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant view of America. (DM)
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Multicultural Textbooks, Textbook Bias, Textbook Evaluation
Drachler, Norman – NASSP Bull, 1970
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Minority Groups, Sensitivity Training, Textbook Bias
Peer reviewedAnderson, Nancy; Beck, Rochelle – Social Education, 1983
A study was conducted to analyze how accurately and adequately United States children's books and school texts teach about Central America. Findings indicate that the majority of materials perpetrate ignorance and distortion about Central America. Book titles included in the study are listed. (AM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Textbook Bias
Peer reviewedSpilka, Bernard; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Forty introductory psychology texts from the 1950s and 160 texts from the 1970s were compared for their inclusion of information on religion, and then evaluated for the objectivity of their treatment of the subject. Results showed no systematic presentation of the subject and increasingly neutral references to religion. (AM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Psychology, Religion, Textbook Bias
Peer reviewedKalia, Narendra Nath – Comparative Education Review, 1980
This study examined 41 Hindi or English language instruction textbooks widely used in Indian high school/higher secondary or preuniversity instruction. Frequency of male and female characters, their images, and their occupations were tabulated. Results indicate that Indian textbooks still present a stereotyped view of dominant males and…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Secondary Education, Sex Stereotypes, Textbook Bias
