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Direct linkDietsch, Johan – European Education, 2012
The article examines how Ukrainian history textbooks dealt with the Holocaust between independence and 2006. The analysis reveals two major, conflicting narratives about the Holocaust, though both externalize and relativize the Holocaust. As a template for understanding genocide, the Holocaust was applied to the Soviet-imposed 1932-33 famine in…
Descriptors: Jews, Foreign Countries, Death, Historians
Download full textTim Fry; Brenna S. Hofelt – Advocate, 2012
Creating an inclusive and a more equitable classroom is a goal that all educators should continually strive for. One area of concern is that many girls and young women do not see themselves in curriculum materials--especially in the social studies. This article provides some literature reviews on textbook bias, highlighting some of the various…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Females, Social Studies, Textbooks
Vettorel, Paola; Lopriore, Lucilla – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
This article aims to explore whether well-attested findings in the fields of World Englishes (WE) and of English as a lingua franca (ELF) have determined a shift in perspective in the overall approach to English language teaching (ELT), and how far this shift has permeated teaching materials and coursebooks. The research study was carried out in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Tay, Bayram – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: Students spend a considerable amount of their time studying from textbooks, which play an important role in their learning activities. The strategies students use to learn work as guides, requiring them to mentally process, make sense of and internalize information offered to them during the instructional process. Of these,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Learning Strategies
Haghi, Eshrat Bazarmaj – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
The importance of the course books in language teaching leads the way to the evaluation of them. Evaluating the teaching materials specially course books can help teachers to understand more about language learning. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate English Results course books which are widely used at Iranian institutes. The focus…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English (Second Language), College Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Van Steenbrugge, H.; Valcke, M.; Desoete, A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
The debate on the differential effects of mathematics textbook series is a recurrent topic in the research literature. Research results remain inconclusive, pointing to a lack of evidence to decide on the relevance of the selection by schools of a mathematics textbook series. Studies also point to difficulties in comparing textbooks. Recently, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Textbook Content
Esteves, Kelli J.; Whitten, Elizabeth – Free Spirit Publishing, 2014
"RTI in Middle School Classrooms" provides practical, research-based instructional techniques and interventions--geared especially to middle school teachers and administrators--that target and address specific needs of individual students. Response to intervention allows educators to assess and meet the needs of struggling students…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Response to Intervention, Intervention, Educational Strategies
Slisko, Josip; Hadzibegovic, Zalkida – European Journal of Physics Education, 2011
Since long time ago, many authors advocated for more presence of physics history in physics teaching and learning in order to give students a better vision of the "nature of science", in other words, to let them learn not only established physics knowledge but also the ways of how physicists managed to get that knowledge. Generally,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Physics, Science Instruction, Science History
Pappa, Eleni T.; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
One way of checking to what extent instructional textbooks achieve their aim is to evaluate the questions they contain. In this work, we analyze the questions that are included in the chapters on chemical bonding of ten general chemistry textbooks. We study separately the questions on intra- and on intermolecular bonding, with the former…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Molecular Structure
Yang, Daihu – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
As a result of China's geography education reform, the Geography Standards for Senior Secondary Schools was released in 2003. Being the first kind over the past seven decades, the Standards put forward some changes for senior geography education. For the textbooks' crucial role in Chinese educational system, the changes in geographical education…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Textbooks, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Andre Elias Mazawi – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2011
The present paper offers a reflection on school textbooks produced and introduced by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from the year 2000 onward. The aim is to examine the debates over these textbooks, by situating them over the backdrop of larger geopolitical dynamics and intra-Palestinian social and political struggles.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, Textbooks, Conflict
Kim, Younghan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Today, globalization has increased cross-border migration in many countries. The public school classroom in the United States has been getting more diverse, linguistically, culturally, racially, and ethnically. Classrooms in South Korea are also becoming linguistically, culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse because of the fast growth of…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Studies, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis
Gibbons, Simon – Trentham Books, 2013
This is the fascinating story of the birth, growth, and development of the London Association for the Teaching of English from its earliest years through to the formation of the National Association for the Teaching of English and thereafter. The work of founder members of LATE, such as James Britton, Harold Rosen, and Nancy Martin, was critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Associations, English Instruction, Teacher Associations
Silveira, Ismar Frango; Ochôa, Xavier; Cuadros-Vargas, Alex; Pérez Casas, Alén; Casali, Ana; Ortega, Andre; Sprock, Antonio Silva; Alves, Carlos Henrique; Collazos Ordoñez, Cesar Alberto; Deco, Claudia; Cuadros-Vargas, Ernesto; Knihs, Everton; Parra, Gonzalo; Muñoz-Arteaga, Jaime; Gomes dos Santos, Jéssica; Broisin, Julien; Omar, Nizam; Motz, Regina; Rodés, Virginia; Bieliukas, Yosly Hernández C. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Access to books in higher education is an issue to be addressed, especially in the context of underdeveloped countries, such as those in Latin America. More than just financial issues, cultural aspects and need for adaptation must be considered. The present conceptual paper proposes a methodology framework that would support collaborative open…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Post High School Guidance, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing
Lindquist, David H. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2012
Despite its importance as the event establishing that the 20th century would be known as "the age of genocide," the destruction of the Armenians that occurred between the mid-1890s and 1923 is given marginal coverage in contemporary U. S. high school history textbooks. This article critiques that coverage and identifies the overall flow…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Homicide, Death
