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Waqar, Sajid, and Mamuna Ghani. "Gender Exclusion in Textbooks: A Comparative Study of Female Representation in Provincial ELT Textbooks of Pakistan." International Journal of English Linguistics 9, no. 5 (September 6, 2019): 377. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v9n5p377.
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The focus of this study was female gender representation in secondary level ELT textbooks published by four different textbook boards of Pakistan, namely Baluchistan Textbook Board, Sindh Textbook Board, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah Textbook Board and Punjab Textbook Board. It targeted a comprehensive comparison between the female gender images as represented in four sets of textbooks and gender conceptions of their respective female readers. To achieve the objectives, the study was divided into two parts: In part 1, the textbooks by four state-run textbook boards were analyzed and in part 2, their respective female readers’ gender conceptions were collected and analyzed. The study employed multi-dimensional analytical tools like manifest, latent analysis and Fairclough (2001) CDA model for interpretation and explanation of textbook discourse. The study revealed a low representation share of female gender in four sets of textbooks. It brought out that female readership had stereotype conceptions regarding the attributes, professions and activities as appropriate for the female gender. It was also found that Sindh and Punjab Textbook Boards had improved female gender representation than other provincial textbook boards. The quantitative findings of part 2 proposed that textbooks could play a vital part in modeling gender conceptions of readership as Sindh and Punjab Textbook Boards’ female readership showed better gender conceptions. The study recommended a gender-based test of the textbooks at national level prior to publication to ensure gender equality as directed in National Curriculum.
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Ahl, Linda Marie. "Research Findings' Impact on the Representation of Proportional Reasoning in Swedish Mathematics Textbooks." Journal of Research in Mathematics Education 5, no. 2 (June 24, 2016): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/redimat.2016.1987.
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This article investigates the impact of research findings on the representation of proportional reasoning in two commonly used Swedish mathematics textbook series for grades 7-9. A research-based framework that identifies five learning goals for understanding of proportional reasoning was used to analyse the textbooks. The results brought to surface a gap between research findings of important issues to address and the actual design of mathematics textbooks. Both textbook series make use of an effective range of representations. Besides that, the analysis shows low impact from research findings concerning the importance of given opportunities to compare and contrast additive and multiplicative situations, identify multiplicative structures and proportional thinking, make use of meaningful symbolic representations, and connect and relate fraction knowledge. The main conclusion is that there are possibilities for improvement in textbook design in relation to understanding proportional reasoning.
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Weber, Silja. "Visual Representation of Whiteness in Beginning Level German Textbooks." International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education 2, no. 2 (July 2017): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbide.2017070101.
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Textbooks are inherently ideological, and language textbooks in particular are designed to create a particular representation of the target culture for learners. This paper draws on a foundation of Whiteness studies, textbook bias studies, and critical discourse analysis. It investigates in depth the visual and cultural representation of Whiteness in one beginning level textbook for German as a foreign language and draws on three further textbooks for comparison. Differences between North American and German concepts of race and Whiteness are taken into account. Results identify a Whiteness bias in all books, but differing strategies for diversity representation; the most recently published textbook shows patterns similar to college brochures in the USA, which may over-represent diversity overall but underrepresent its more controversial aspects. The results form the basis for a discussion of institutional constraints on beginning-level instructors and practical pedagogical strategies to problematize homogeneous cultural perceptions and the textbook itself.
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Siregar, Fenty Lidya, Henni Henni, and Silvanni Comara. "The Representation of Gender in a Textbook Entitled When English Rings a Bell." Eralingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra 5, no. 1 (February 14, 2021): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/eralingua.v5i1.13664.
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Abstract. Despite countless criticism that English textbooks contain gender biases, teachers still use textbooks in their teaching. This study investigated the representation of gender in an English textbook for junior high school level: When English Rings a Bell. Halliday’s transitivity system (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004, 2014) is applied in this qualitative study to reveal how gender is represented. The result shows female characters dominate the roles of Participants. Regarding the types of Processes, the depictions of male and female characters are both significant in Relational processes; however, female characters are more frequently represented than male characters in other Processes. It is observed that both males and females are mostly attributed with positive personality adjectives. Only a few male characters are associated with negative traits. This study is expected to provide teachers and book authors with references of gender representations in the textbook so they can be aware of the imbalance and actively contribute to lessen this discrepancy. Keywords: Textbook, gender representation, English, ideology
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Demirdöğen, Betül. "EXAMINATION OF CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS." Journal of Baltic Science Education 16, no. 4 (August 25, 2017): 472–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/17.16.472.
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The aim of this research was to examine the chemical representations that are present in Turkish high school chemistry textbooks. Content analysis was the method of analysis. Four chemistry textbooks, which were commonly used in Turkey, for each grade (i.e., from 9th to 12th), were selected. When evaluating the representations, a rubric including five main criteria was used: (1) type of representation, (2) interpretation of representations’ surface features, (3) representations’ relatedness to text, (4) properties of representations’ caption, and (5) degree of correlation between subordinates comprising a multiple representation. The results of the research revealed that the chemical representations used in the textbooks are mainly macroscopic, symbolic, and hybrid. Majority of the representations had explicit surface features and appropriate captions. Moreover, they were completely related to the text. Most of the multiple representations had sufficient links between their subordinates. Recommendations for textbook writers and future research are provided. Keywords: chemistry textbooks, chemical representations, generic qualitative research, content analysis.
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M. Nyachwaya, James, and Merry Gillaspie. "Features of representations in general chemistry textbooks: a peek through the lens of the cognitive load theory." Chemistry Education Research and Practice 17, no. 1 (2016): 58–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5rp00140d.
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The goals of this study were (1) determine the prevalence of various features of representations in five general chemistry textbooks used in the United States, and (2) use cognitive load theory to draw implications of the various features of analyzed representations. We adapted the Graphical Analysis Protocol (GAP) (Sloughet al., 2010) to look at the type of representations used, the function of each representation, the physical integration of representations with associated text, the presence and nature of captions and labels, the indexing of representations, and the number of representations requiring conceptual integration on a given page. Results indicate that on average, in all five textbooks each page had at least four representations. Most representations served a ‘representational’ function, but a number functioned as decorative representations. Most representations were directly integrated with text, but some of the remaining representations were separated by a whole page from associated text. While many pages had an average of two representations that required conceptual integration with text or other representations, some pages had as many as six representations requiring integration. While using textbooks, learners can experience intrinsic, germane or extraneous cognitive load (Sweller, 1994). Our findings indicate that there are various features of representations that could help reduce intrinsic or extraneous cognitive load. However, we also found prevalent features of representations that imply high intrinsic cognitive load or are likely to lead to extraneous cognitive load. Implications for textbook authors and editors, textbook selection, instruction, and science teacher preparation are discussed.
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Bütüner, Suphi Önder. "Content and Problem Analysis in Turkish and Singaporean Mathematics Textbooks: The Case of Multiplying Fractions." Journal of Research in Mathematics Education 10, no. 2 (June 24, 2021): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/redimat.2021.4379.
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In this study, Turkish and Singaporean textbooks were compared in terms of teaching content for multiplying fractions, a subject that most students have difficulty in understanding. The study analyzed the 6th-grade mathematics textbook published by the Turkish Ministry of National Education and its Singaporean counterpart. While the Singaporean textbook covered all meanings of multiplying fractions, the Turkish textbook did not include the operator meaning of multiplying fractions. Compared to the Turkish textbook, the Singaporean textbook included more solution strategies. The number line model was not used in the textbooks of either country, and only one representation format was used to model a fraction multiplication problem. The Singaporean textbook included more fraction multiplication problems than did the Turkish textbook. Many problems in both textbooks were of a one-step fashion and required numerical answers.
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Adijaya, Nuryansyah. "Tolerance Values Representation in Indonesia Electronic EFL Textbook." Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa 9, no. 2 (December 8, 2020): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.31571/bahasa.v9i2.1868.
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<p class="17">Teaching students tolerance values play an important role to give them knowledge about how to live together in harmony, respect others, avoid potential conflicts and so on. This study is aimed at analyzing tolerance values representation in the 1<sup>st</sup> grade of Junior High School EFL Textbook published by Indonesian Ministry for Education and Culture (Kemendikbud). There are 4 kinds of tolerance values were analyzed; peace maker, cultural diversity, democracy and religious values. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze tolerance values representation in the texts, illustrations, instructions, and exercises of the textbooks. The research shows that the textbook covers 72 tolerance values; 24 peace maker, 19 cultural diversity, 15 democracy, and 14 religious values. However, the textbook needs deeper exploration about the values to help students get vivid points of view about tolerance by giving them more real-life samples, and discussions.<strong></strong></p>
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Chen, Xiaoge, Luciane de Goes, David Treagust, and Ingo Eilks. "An Analysis of the Visual Representation of Redox Reactions in Secondary Chemistry Textbooks from Different Chinese Communities." Education Sciences 9, no. 1 (February 19, 2019): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9010042.
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This study provides an analysis of selected aspects of the intended curriculum related to redox reactions as represented in secondary chemistry textbooks from the People’s Republic of China, with a special view also on Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, and the Chinese minority in Malaysia. This study reveals how chemistry textbooks deal with visual representations related to redox reactions and whether or not the visualizations provide any indication for the orientation of the intended curriculum, characterized by contexts suggested for chemistry learning. Specific criteria were derived from a literature review of the discussion on different levels of chemical representations and from a total of 346 visual representations related to redox reactions identified and analyzed from the textbooks. Based on the frequencies and levels of visual representations in the textbooks, this study showed that representations in textbooks from the People’s Republic of China mostly focus on the macro and macro-symbolic levels and indicate some aspects of everyday life as well as orientations towards industry and technology. The findings show that the textbook from Taiwan uses multiple macroscopic, submicroscopic, and symbolic representations to illustrate the redox reactions. The textbook from Hong Kong has a strong orientation along the content structure of chemistry, with mostly macro level representations. The textbook from the Chinese minority in Malaysia follows a strong structure-of-discipline orientation with limited visual support.
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Gumilar, Surya, and Irma Fitria Amalia. "The Representation of Gender Neutrality in Indonesian Physics Textbooks: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Tadris: Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Tarbiyah 5, no. 2 (December 21, 2020): 205–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.24042/tadris.v5i2.7134.
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Gender issues in Indonesia are pivotal issues in science/physics textbooks and any aspects of life. As learning resources commonly utilized in the science classroom, physics textbooks should present gender neutrality to urge women's contribution to science. They are frequently considered less performance than those men in science. However, in the Indonesian context, few studies of gender representation in the physics textbook are conducted. Therefore, this present study investigates gender stereotypes in Indonesian physics textbooks based on social actor criteria. A Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a qualitative research method employed to analyze gender neutrality discourse. The use of visual artifacts that refer to the representation of both men and women in the textbooks were utilized to emerge the roles of men and women in three frameworks: laboratory activities, physics application in daily life, and roles of men and women in the family. This present study's findings revealed that representation both men and women were almost to have the same representations based on three of these frameworks. Finally, this present study's implication is to underpin the woman representation to contribute to science activities.
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Nashriyah, Rizka Maulida, Yuni Setia Ningsih, and Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf. "ADDRESSING GENDER BIAS ISSUES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EFL TEXTBOOKS: AN ANALYSIS OF GROW WITH ENGLISH." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 8, no. 3 (May 8, 2020): 56–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2020.837.
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Purpose of the study: A textbook is a book containing comprehensive teaching-learning materials for a certain subject which is regularly used by both teachers and students at school. Textbooks should not contain unfair content or matters, such as gender bias. This study was conducted to examine the extent to which gender bias appears in the EFL textbook mostly employed in Aceh, Indonesia.
Methodology: This research was aimed at investigating the representation levels of gender in English elementary textbooks of Grow with English book 4, book 5, and book 6. A content analysis method was used, for which every page of the textbooks was investigated to explore the five aspects of visibility, priority, feminine/masculine generic construction, activity, and occupation.
Main Findings: The result of the investigation shows that every textbook contains gender bias of various representation levels. Males dominated three categories, namely priority, activity, and occupation. Meanwhile, females are only dominant in the visibility category. The results suggest that the EFL textbooks mostly used in Aceh are still not free from gender bias issues.
Applications of this study: Indonesia is a country where English is used as a Foreign Language (EFL). Indonesian schools are apt to use textbooks written by Indonesian authors as the major source for English instruction in schools. Therefore, researchers should focus their attention on the content of English textbooks used in schools because they become the guidance for these students in learning.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The results of the study suggest that the EFL textbook should be considered for revision to ensure that it is free from unfair content. This is aimed at national textbook designers when they have to produce a textbook for Indonesian learners so that the books they make available to schools are free from gender bias issues in the textbooks.
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CAVE, PETER. "Japanese Colonialism and the Asia-Pacific War in Japan's History Textbooks: Changing representations and their causes." Modern Asian Studies 47, no. 2 (November 12, 2012): 542–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x11000485.
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AbstractThis paper examines changes between 1992 and 2010 in Japanese junior high school history textbooks’ representations of imperial Japan's colonialism and aggression in Asia, using documentary study and interviews with actors in the textbook production process. Following a trend to increase textbook material on Japan's wartime aggression in the mid-1990s, after 2000 publishers approached this topic in contrasting ways, some expanding and some reducing their coverage, with dramatically varying results in terms of market share. Publishers’ decisions on content were related to their market position and to changes in local textbook adoption procedures that have increased the decision-making power of appointed boards of education at the expense of teachers. Increased market share since 2000 is associated primarily with a progressive pedagogy in tune with recent curriculum reforms. The recent spotlight on textbook adoption has exposed weaknesses in the system, such as inadequate representation of the local community and insufficient guarantee of teachers’ expert input in the adoption process. With the introduction of new textbook approval criteria requiring their conformity with the patriotic emphases of the revised Fundamental Law on Education of 2006, the content of future textbooks will clearly be strongly influenced by both approval and adoption processes.
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Kadzoeva, Tamara М. "School history textbook as a component of the Soviet education system by the end of the 1980s." Science and School, no. 2, 2020 (2020): 226–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.31862/1819-463x-2020-2-226-232.
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The article reveals theoretical approaches to the creation of Soviet school history textbooks of the late 1980s. Despite the achievements of domestic methodologists in the field of theory and practice of a school textbook, the society abandoned the Soviet model of a history textbook. Its crisis is caused by excessive ideologization, dogmatism, one-sided representation of historical events. The article analyzes some aspects of Soviet school history textbooks on the domestic history of the 20th century.
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Ahsan, Muhammad, Tahira Asgher, and Noshaba Younus. "Comparative Study of Socio-Ideological Practices in English Textbooks in Pakistani Context." Global Political Review V, no. I (March 30, 2020): 269–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(v-i).30.
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The present study is an effort to examine and compare the way socio-ideological practices are projected in the Oxford English Textbook Grade 5 and the English Textbook 5 published by the Punjab (Pakistan) Textbook Board (PTB) prescribed for the government, semi-government and private schools of the Punjab province. The content analysis was employed to find out the percentages of categories and subcategories of reading passages and exercises of the prescribed English textbooks. Socio-Ideological statements were analyzed through the representation of patriotic values and gender roles in the context of local and foreign EFL textbooks. The research findings and results make it visible from the current instructional materials or prescribed English textbooks that the Oxford English textbook is superficial and shallow with respect to its treatment of the target (Pakistani) culture. The textbook is therefore inadequate to the task of teaching and transmitting socio-ideological practices in the deeper sense. Contrary to it, the PTB English textbook offers a limited ground for learning English at length.
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Astiandani, Fitri Rahmawati, and Oikurema Purwati. "A Content Analysis of Cultural Representation in High School English Textbook in 2013 Education Curriculum." Pedagogy : Journal of English Language Teaching 9, no. 1 (June 23, 2021): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.32332/joelt.v9i1.2994.
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This study reports cultural content in the latest high school English textbook concerning the 2013 education curriculum. Besides, this paper also explores the intercultural communicative competence within the English textbooks. A qualitative research design is employed in this study. Moreover, the cultural contents and intercultural communicative competence were taken from the reading text on English textbooks for the last grade of senior high school entitled ‘Bahasa Inggris 2018 revised edition’. This study relied on the kind of cultural contents by Cortazzi & Jin (1999), types of cultural dimensions by Yuen (2011), and three levels of intercultural communicative competence by Byram (2002). It has been found that target culture with the cultural dimension of the product had a major proportion on the English textbook. Besides, the lowest level of intercultural communicative competence, namely basic cultural awareness was also discovered. In such a case, the complicity of intercultural values in the textbook should be given more attention so that students can easily grasp the values of various cultures. As a result, the aims of the 2013 education curriculum can be achieved well.
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Fru, Raymond Nkwenti, and Johan Wassermann. "Constructions of Identity in Cameroonian History Textbooks in Relation to the Reunification of Cameroon." Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society 12, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 57–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/jemms.2020.120203.
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This article explores the representation of identity in selected Anglophone and Francophone Cameroonian history textbooks via their coverage of the reunification of Cameroon. A far-reaching effect of the 1916 Anglo-French partition of German Cameroon and of the reunification of the territory in 1961 is that, in spite of the plurality of precolonial identities, it is the legacies of Anglo-French colonial heritage that seem to be the overwhelming identity indicators in contemporary Cameroon. This content analysis found that the Anglophone history textbook presented a clear Anglophone identity which stood in conflict with the identity promoted by the Francophone textbook, which was characterized by national and colonial Francophone assimilationism. Such representations suggest that the Cameroonian nation state as a colonial geopolitical construct is more imagined than real.
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Enero Upahi, Johnson, and Umesh Ramnarain. "Representations of chemical phenomena in secondary school chemistry textbooks." Chemistry Education Research and Practice 20, no. 1 (2019): 146–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8rp00191j.
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The difficulties encountered by students in learning chemistry range from human factors to the intrinsic nature of chemistry. To enhance students’ understanding of chemistry, there is a wide consensus within the community of chemistry educators on the importance of and need to integrate different levels of representations in chemistry teaching and learning resources. As learning resources, textbooks are ubiquitous and usually readily available to both students and teachers. Therefore, this study investigated how chemical phenomena are represented or depicted in secondary school chemistry textbooks. We adopted a rubric developed by Gkitziaet al.(Gkitzia V., Salta K. and Tzougraki C., (2011), Development and application of suitable criteria for the evaluation of chemical representations in school textbooks,Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.,12, 5–14) to analyze the textbooks for types of representations; relatedness of chemical representations to text; and the appropriateness of captions. The results indicated the dominance of symbolic representations, followed by sub-microscopic, then hybrid and multiple representations. In all three textbooks, there was no evidence of mixed representation. While many of the chemical representations were completely related to the texts, some were unlinked. The germaneness of suitable captions in textbooks is in the explicit, brief and concise explanation that captions give to an entire representation. While our results indicated that more than half of the representations had suitable captions, there was evidence of representations that were problematic and had no captions. The implication of these results for students’ cognitive load, and the need for textbook-users to explore alternative resources that depict phenomena in 2D or 3D representations are discussed.
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Nisak, Winda Khoirun, Furaidah Furaidah, and Gunadi Harry Sulistyo. "Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks for Elementary Schools: A Content Analysis." Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan 5, no. 3 (March 9, 2020): 408. http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/jptpp.v5i3.13319.
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<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This research is a study of assessing the representation of gender in elementary school textbooks used by an international curriculum that is widely used in 160 countries throughout the world. The content analysis used to lead the representation of the male and female on the textbooks. The findings of this study indicate that the gender representation formed in the textbook shows the existence of gender equality which is reflected in the balanced emergence of male and female characters that appear in textbooks, the prevalence of the professional picture of men and women and the balance of household activities reflected in the textbook.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian mengenai representasi gender di buku teks siswa sekolah dasar yang dipakai oleh kurikulum internasional yang tersebar luas di 160 negara di seluruh dunia. Konten analisis dipakai untuk melihat representasi dalam buku. Temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa konstruksi gender yang terbentuk dalam buku teks tersebut menunjukkan adanya kesetaraan gender yang tercermin dari berimbangnya kemunculan karakter laki laki dan perempuan yang muncul dalam buku teks, meratanya gambaran profesi laki-laki dan perempuan serta berimbangnya kegiatan rumah tangga yang tercermin dalam buku teks.
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Norova, Nasiba. "Sexism in Elementary EFL Textbooks: Spotted in Uzbekistan." REiLA: Journal of Research and Innovation in Language 2, no. 2 (August 18, 2020): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31849/reila.v2i2.4470.
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The current study examines the representation of gender in four English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, Kid’s English, for elementary students produced in Uzbekistan. The study implements Fairclough's (2013) three-dimensional discourse approach: description, interpretation, and explanation for textbook analysis. The quantitative analysis of EFL textbooks unveiled an imbalance in gender representation depicting males more than females. Underrepresentation of females in the textbooks demonstrates that Kids' English EFL textbooks have a sexist ideology and stereotypical agenda. The study suggests that the sexist ideology of the textbooks perpetuates patriarchy and unfair gender societal values hindering the development of gender equality efforts in the EFL context of Uzbekistan.
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Kello, Katrin. "Identity and othering in past and present: Representations of the Soviet era in Estonian post-Soviet textbooks." Journal of Social and Political Psychology 5, no. 2 (February 5, 2018): 665–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i2.737.
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This paper analyses representations of the ‘core Soviet era’ (1945-1985) in Estonian post-Soviet history textbooks (1989-2016). Attitudes towards the Soviet system have been a rich resource for identity building, and hence a powerful political tool across the whole of the post-Soviet block. Based on an analysis of sections about the Soviet era in Estonia in 21 textbooks, the paper takes a look at how textbooks reflect broader processes of social meaning making, identity building and othering after a profound social and political turn. In 1989 and during the early 1990s, perspectives and narratives in Estonian history textbooks were closely related to social memory and national politics, enacting a specific social representation of the Soviet era that dominated the Estonian-speaking public space during the 1990s. The Soviet era, Russia and local Russians became the main Others for Estonia and Estonians. Over time, public discourse has diversified. The national curriculum and textbooks, however, still maintain the canon that formed in 1990s and thus reflect earlier sentiments. Apart from the increasing salience of Soviet-era daily life in more recent textbooks, the thematic choices and emphases have changed little since the 1990s. Therefore, even if the style of writing has ‘cooled down’, issues of identity preservation, resistance and accommodation, together with a saliently negative representation of wrongdoings by the Soviet system, still prevail. On the one hand, this testifies to the resilience of an established tradition in the textbook genre in general. On the other hand, it reflects the dominance of an ethnocentric tradition in Estonian history textbook writing. The paper discusses the implications of these findings for interethnic relations in Estonia.
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Rachmijati, Cynantia, and Sri Supiah Cahyati. "GENDER REPRESENTATION IN TEXTBOOK BAHASA INGGRIS GRADE X." ELTIN JOURNAL, Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia 6, no. 2 (October 30, 2018): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22460/eltin.v6i2.p59-69.
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According to ACDP Indonesia, many gender bias contents found in textbooks Bahasa Inggris in Indonesia settings. This study aims at examining the representation of gender on “BahasaInggriskelas X” by Kemendiknas. The criteria of a good textbook should show the relationship of women and men in society based on their role, status, environment, culture and community structures which are displayed in the form of illustrations and descriptions of the sentence. Findings from the book regarding Text: 4,11% visual characters, 28,77% characters mentioned, 57,54% social activities, and 9,58% domestic activity. While findings regarding Visual: 88,89% social activities and 11,11% regarding domestic. Furthermore, the Frequency of occurrence: for male 51,89%. and female 48,11% .Not too many domestic roles and settings found in the book probably because the book is created to inline with Curriculum 2013 where the main purpose of Curriculum 2013 is to develop social skills. It can be concluded that gender representation in this book is dominated by male.
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Pratama, Sangaji Yudhi, Joko Nurkamto, and Agus Wijayanto. "The Representation of Multicultural Values in National Mandatory English Textbooks Used in Indonesian Secondary Schools." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 8, no. 1 (January 31, 2021): 472. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v8i1.2337.
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In last few years, there are some critical problems such as racial discrimination, terrorism, and radicalism. The issues appear in many countries such as America, UK, and Indonesia. Multicultural based English learning is essential in promoting students’ sense of tolerance, especially from English textbooks. This research aims to investigate the multicultural values represented in the official English textbook authorized by MONEC. This content analysis research uses Bennet's four multicultural dimensions to analyse multicultural values. The results of this study tell that three dimensions of multicultural values occur from the textbook, such as (1) acceptance and appreciation of cultural diversity; (2) respect for human dignity and universal human right; and (3) respect for the earth. The implications suggest that English has a progressively vital part as a lingua franca; multicultural resources from the inner and outer circle of countries are essential in EFL textbooks. As a result, it is necessary to add more aspects of multicultural values: the world community's responsibility, because it is less represented in the EFL textbooks.
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Korell, Johanna Lea. "A Corpus-based Study of Gender Representation in ELE Textbooks — Language, Illustrations and Topic Areas." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 12, no. 2 (March 1, 2021): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1202.01.
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In the following article, gender-related aspects in ELE textbooks will be examined from a broader thematic point of view, as well as detailed linguistic perspective. As a starting point, the state of research on gender-related studies in foreign language teaching pedagogy and research in Germany will be outlined, followed by a discussion on the importance of gender awareness promoting textbooks. After a general introduction and a rationale for the relevance of the study, central findings of studies examining gender representation in ELE textbooks will be discussed. This is followed by an analysis, in which specifics of textbook analysis and sampling criteria are explained. Furthermore, an analysis model is developed, based on the latest findings of gender-related textbook research. After an excursus on language-specific possibilities of gender sensitivity in Spanish, the results of the analysis are presented and discussed. Finally, implications of the findings for teachers will be deduced and recommendations regarding what can be done to promote and deepen gender awareness of learners will be given.
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Arlin, Arlin. "REPRESENTASI KEKUASAAN DALAM BUKU TEKS BAHASA INDONESIA SMA KELAS XI KURIKULUM 2013 (ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS FAIRCLOUGH)." Indonesian Journal of Fundamental Sciences 4, no. 1 (May 1, 2018): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/ijfs.v4i1.6014.
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This study aims to describe the form and form of power representation in the textbook of Indonesian High School Class XI Curriculum 2013 by using social analysis change from Norman Fairclough. Sources of data from this study is the textbook of Indonesian High School Class XI Curriculum 2013. The data of this research is obtained by documentation, read and record technique. The results show that there is vocabulary, grammar, and text structure that represents the form of power in textbooks. From the text and sociocultural review results also shows that the discourse of discourse in the textbook is inseparable from the aspect of power, both individual power and institutional power
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Santosa, Imam. "DESIGNATION OF GENDER ON ELECTRONIC EFL TEXTBOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL." Indonesian EFL Journal 6, no. 2 (August 11, 2020): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.25134/ieflj.v6i2.3381.
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This study aims to examine gender representation in the electronic EFL textbook for senior high school. Content analysis will be utilized to examine gender representation in the electronic EFL textbook for senior high school entitles �Bahasa Inggris X� published by Puskurbuk. The study probes gender representation focusing on the designation of the character proposed by UNESCO. The designation of the gender representation in the textbook comprises 5 designations; first name, family relationship, other relationship, occupational status (agriculture, education, trade, small business, health, art and culture, and office) other status. The study later will reveal how the designation of the gender representation in the textbook. The comparison is 40% and 31%. Unsurprisingly, the number considered as ungendered character is slightly lower in 29. The designation of the character in textbook is dominated by first name with 98 appearance for male and 82 for female character. Then, the category followed by occupation status, (68:60 character), other relationship (52:34), and family relationship category (34:20). The result concluded that male character dominated in all designation category strengthen the position of the male as dominant character. Additionally, the result of the study will give the insight on how gender representation exists as the basis to evaluate the construction of the textbook.Keywords: gender; gender bias; gender representation; textbook.
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Kropman, Marc, Carla van Boxtel, and Jannet van Drie. "Narratives and Multiperspectivity in Dutch Secondary School History Textbooks." Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/jemms.2020.120101.
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School history textbooks provide an important source of information for learners of history. Textbook narratives of a nation’s past often present a limited frame of reference, which impedes the aim of teaching history from multiple perspectives. This article examines the representation of the Dutch Revolt in two Dutch and two Flemish history textbooks. By taking sentences as our unit of analysis, we analyzed narrative elements and metaphors, which informed us about the level of multiperspectivity in these narratives. We found that Dutch textbooks, in contrast to Flemish textbooks, create their emplotment of the narrative of the Dutch Revolt by focusing on the first ten years of the conflict and mostly lack multiperspectivity. We hope that the insights generated by this analysis may inform textbook authors who seek to do justice to multiple perspectives.
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Agni, Zango Anisa, Endang Setyaningsih, and Teguh Sarosa. "Examining Gender Representation in an Indonesian EFL Textbook." Register Journal 13, no. 1 (May 28, 2020): 183–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.18326/rgt.v13i1.183-207.
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Considering its influential role in students’ behavior and attitudes, a textbook has to reflect balanced images and information about males and females. It also has to support broad choices and many roles for both sexes to avoid unjust or bias gender issues. This study aimed at examining whether an EFL textbook published by the Indonesian government promotes gender equity by (1) mapping the proportion of textual and visual representation of males and females in the textbook; (2) describing how males and females are treated in the textbook. Through content analysis, the study revealed that the book is gender-biased as indicated from unbalanced (1) textual and visual representation (2) variety of activity, role, and occupation, (3) order of mention, and (4) adjectival portrayal. In all indicators, the female is underrepresented, hidden, and framed within traditional gender stereotyping. Reflecting on these findings, revision by the government and/ or careful treatment by teachers when using the book are ushered. Keywords: bias, content analysis, gender representation, gender stereotype, textbook.
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Li, Jia, Juan Dong, and Wei Duan. "Identity Options and Cultural Representations in English Textbooks Used in Cambodia." Asian Social Science 15, no. 11 (October 21, 2019): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v15n11p60.
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Language textbooks play an important role in bridging learners’ understanding between the source culture and target culture. This study explores how the Cambodian and foreign characters are produced and how the source and target cultures are represented in three English language textbooks published by the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS). The data were collected from textbook passages, exercises and images presented in the textbooks and the data were analyzed based on the emerging themes in language and cultural representations of the textbooks. The findings indicate that regarding the distribution in the target communities, Anglophone and their postcolonial countries are prominently highlighted in the textbooks with the exception that Japan is exclusively introduced as imagined interlocutor for cultural communication; concerning the representation of the source culture, Buddhism and Khmer are constructed as legitimate forms of Cambodian practices. Based on the findings, we argue that English textbooks produced in Cambodia have not provided Cambodian youth with balanced exposure of cultural diversity. The study has implications for designing English textbooks with the consideration of diverse identity options and cultural representations.
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Nunoo, F. N. K., D. P. Mensah, E. Adu Boahen, and I. E. N. Nunoo. "Analysis of gender representation in basic level English textbooks in Ghana." Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 37, no. 2 (June 24, 2019): 98–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/just.v37i2.8.
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Textbooks are known to influence the behaviours and worldview of children. Apart from imparting critical knowledge to pupils, textbooks also encourage pupils to form certain perceptions and stereotypes, including the ‘appropriate’ gender-specific roles in society. This paper examined gender stereotypes in the content and design of the Pupil’s English textbook at the Basic Level in Ghana using content analysis. The study revealed that, as teaching materials, the English Pupil’s Books 1, 2 and 3 displayed gross gender bias that reinforces the stereotypical roles of males and females in Ghanaian society. This does not reflect the development of society towards equality between men and women since there was no equality in how both genders are represented in the textbooks.Keywords: Gender; stereotype; gender stereotype; textbooks
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Yasi, Shinta Murti Melida, Warto Warto, and Sunardi Sunardi. "Tolerance Representation in the Historical Textbooks." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 5, no. 6 (August 19, 2019): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v5i6.939.
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Tolerance is one of the most important elements for the formation of a multicultural society. Indonesia as a country with ethnic diversity requires a high tolerance from every citizen to realize a peaceful nation life. These tolerance values can be developed through historical learning which has the main function as a form of national character. The history lesson itself cannot be separated from the use of textbooks as a tool of supporting the learning process. This research tries to analyze the content of tolerance values in Indonesian history textbooks using discourse analysis methods, especially Norman Fairclough's representation analysis. The concept of critical discourse analysis uses three-dimensional models consisting of text, practice of discourse, and social practice. The results show that tolerance in Indonesian history textbooks is represented in various themes such as diversity, integration, unity and so on. These themes are packaged in historical stories that are adapted to the prevailing curriculum, namely the 2013 curriculum. Tolerance needs to be understood as a result and an ongoing process. The long history of the Indonesian people shows that tolerance has been embedded as the identity of the Indonesian nation itself. Historical textbooks have a strategic role in instilling the values of tolerance to students. This history textbook is structured with a more popular regressive approach so the delivery of moral values including tolerance values is more easier understood by students.
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Chaudhri, Vinay K., Britte Cheng, Adam Overtholtzer, Jeremy Roschelle, Aaron Spaulding, Peter Clark, Mark Greaves, and Dave Gunning. "Inquire Biology: A Textbook that Answers Questions." AI Magazine 34, no. 3 (September 15, 2013): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i3.2486.
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Inquire Biology is a prototype of a new kind of intelligent textbook — one that answers students’ questions, engages their interest, and improves their understanding. Inquire Biology provides unique capabilities via a knowledge representation that captures conceptual knowledge from the textbook and uses inference procedures to answer students’ questions. Students ask questions by typing free-form natural language queries or by selecting passages of text. The system then attempts to answer the question and also generates suggested questions related to the query or selection. The questions supported by the system were chosen to be educationally useful, for example: what is the structure of X? compare X and Y? how does X relate to Y? In user studies, students found this question-answering capability to be extremely useful while reading and while doing problem solving. In an initial controlled experiment, community college students using the Inquire Biology prototype outperformed students using either a hardcopy or conventional E-book version of the same biology textbook. While additional research is needed to fully develop Inquire Biology, the initial prototype clearly demonstrates the promise of applying knowledge representation and question-answering technology to electronic textbooks.
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Lähnemann, Johannes. "Schulbuchforschung interreligiös. Erfahrungen und Perspektiven." Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie 66, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 46–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zpt-2014-0107.
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Abstract Based on the research project, “the representation of Christianity in textbooks of countries with an Islamic tradition”, the article describes experiences, possibilities and insights in the field of Interreligious Textbook Research and Development. Interreligious Textbook Research is of particular relevance in the face of sweeping generalisations, prejudice and stereotypes regarding other religions and cultures (“Islam is like this”, “the West is like that”) that were, and still are, to be found in school textbooks. Within the project discussions between scholars and education authorities in different countries have taken place. The main results are summarised in a proposal for a series of standards as possible guidelines for author teams and publishers, for education authorities and curriculum planners.
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Hendriwanto. "THE EFL STUDENTS� REACTION IN ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS: AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER REPRESENTATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK." Indonesian EFL Journal 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.25134/ieflj.v4i1.887.
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The role of teaching materials plays major contribution to the language development. The published materials bridge the content and the practice in the classroom. From the analysis it was found 25 images which represented the gender role in which man dominated in all chapters. The representative of image in the textbook employed the role of social background of what student perceived in the course book. The students perceived that the three images could represent their want. However, most images did not show students� daily activities. In addition, the findings showed that students� responses to the images in the textbooks had controversy related to the role of man and woman in the reality. Keywords: gender analysis, teaching materials, textbook analysis
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Putra, Tomy Kartika, Dewi Rochsantiningsih, and Slamet Supriyadi. "Cultural representation and intercultural interaction in textbooks of English as an international language." Journal on English as a Foreign Language 10, no. 1 (March 28, 2020): 168–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v10i1.1766.
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The present study attempts to scrutinize the manifestation of cultures and intercultural interactions in English textbooks. It investigates three English textbooks for twelfth-grade students produced by three relatively major publishers in Indonesia by employing cultural content and intercultural interaction analysis. The findings show that the examined textbooks do not appropriately demonstrate cultural diversity in the international context as cultures of Indonesia and English-speaking countries have their dominancy. Also, the textbooks mostly demonstrate intercultural interactions in fragmented, limited, and superficial ways. Some recommendations are addressed for future textbooks authors and publishers as well as English teachers. The results suggest textbook publishers and authors include more the material about international culture and to provide more the demonstration of deep intercultural interaction. Moreover, teachers need to be creative by adding supplementary cultural materials to patch up the shortcomings of the textbooks.
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Grahovac - Pražić, Vesna, and Slavica Vrsaljko. "Slika poezije u čitankama." Magistra Iadertina 14, no. 2 (November 16, 2020): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.15291/magistra.3147.
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The paper discusses the representation of poetry in textbooks intended for primary education. Poetic education begins in the preschool period, and is continued systematically with the beginning of the first grade of primary school. The choice of poetic texts and the appropriate methodological tools are critical in pupils’ reception and communication of poetry. The analysis of textbooks is based on the selection principles in the choice of texts, namely national, aesthetic, pedagogical and receptive. The examination of one textbook set, extending from the first to the fourth grade of primary education, focuses on the representation of poetry in textbooks in relation to other literary genres, the relationship between classical and contemporary poetry, as well as the thematic diversity of poetry. The analysis showed a considerable representation of poetic texts. There is an inconsistency in the representation between the national and international canons. As expected, thematic diversity is present but with a special positioning of childhood and other child-related themes.
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Canale, Germán. "The language textbook: representation, interaction and learning." Language, Culture and Curriculum 34, no. 2 (April 3, 2021): 113–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2020.1797080.
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Suchana, Afroza Aziz. "Representation of Women in Occupational and Domestic Roles in EfT Textbooks." Shanlax International Journal of English 8, no. 4 (September 1, 2020): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v8i4.3390.
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The study aims at examining the representation of women in the English Language textbooks of Bangladesh for the primary school learners. Existing research studies find unfair manifestation of women both in the occupational and domestic activities. However the existing investigations indicate the necessity of further studies in this area. Therefore, the study explores whether women are projected appropriately in the textbooks for young learners. With reference to critical theory, the analysis of data reveals that women are devalued in their unpaid domestic jobs. In addition, they are shown occupied in the less challenging occupations while men are shown in an extensive range of professions. The study also notices that whereas in contemporary Bangladesh women are engaged in diversified professions, their contribution to the society is often disregarded in the textbooks. Such biased representation of women may affect the young learners adversely. Therefore, the study states the inevitability of raising consciousness among the textbook authors and suggests ensuring appropriate projection of women in the textbooks.
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Shallaita, Baiq Annisa, Nawawi Nawawi, and Muhammad Amin. "Analysis of English Language Teaching Materials on Gender Representation." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 8, no. 2 (February 19, 2021): 419. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v8i2.2423.
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This study was conducted to show how two ELT textbooks accommodate gender in their contents and if there is any types of gender bias in the textbooks. The method of this study was descriptive qualitative method which was used to describe a phenomenon and its characteristics. The data was collected by using content analysis that was supported by descriptive quantitative data. The content analysis was conducted to analyze written text and photographs in the two EFL textbooks published by The Ministry of Education And Culture of the Republic of Indonesia and Erlangga publisher. The analysis was based on five categories, namely, visibility, firstness, masculine/feminine generic construction, occupation, and activities related to gender. The findings of study showed that gender biases still exist in both textbooks. The types of bias found were stereotyping, linguistic bias, imbalance and selectivity, cosmetic bias, and fragmentation and isolation. The latest types was only found in Pathway To English 1. The result of this study was expected to help the materials designer, author, teacher, and students to have a better understanding about gender representation of the book currently used in Lombok, and to be more aware of gender bias issues in ELT textbook.
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Nashriyah, Nashriyah, and Dini Khairul. "ENGLISH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK ANALYSIS: ADDRESSING GENDER BIAS ISSUES." Gender Equality: International Journal of Child and Gender Studies 4, no. 2 (September 12, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/equality.v4i2.4531.
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Due to the imbalance gender presentation in English Senior High School textbook detected during teaching practice program, the researcher was interested in doing a research about the issue. Students might take much time to learn from textbooks to develop their gender roles at school, therefore, the proper textbooks which attain the objectives of gender equality are needed. The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not female and male are presented equally in the English Senior High School textbook. The object of this study is the English textbooks widely used by teachers in Banda Aceh Senior High School. First and second textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris X Semester 1 and Bahasa Inggris X Semester 2 were written by Utami Widyati, Zuliati Rohmah, and Furaidah in 2014. Third and fourth textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris XI Semester 1 and Bahasa Inggris XI Semester 2 were written by Mahrukh Bashir in 2014. The last textbook is Bahasa Inggris XII was written by Utami Widyati, Zuliati Rohmah, and Furaidah in 2015. All textbooks were published by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. The focus of this study is the gender representation through five aspects which were also used by Amini and Parviz in their study in 2012. The five aspects are visibility, firstness, masculine generic construction, activity, and occupation. The result showed that four aspects were led by male in the term of quantity: visibility, firstness, masculine generic construction, and occupation while females were more visible in activity aspect. Even so, the difference of number was not too big in every aspect, except the visibility. However, in the term of quality, visibility and activity aspects showed that female and male are presented fair enough in English textbook at high school level by involving females in every aspect which may indicates that females are considered as important and useful as males nowadays.
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Brandle, Shawna M. "It’s (Not) in The Reading: American Government Textbooks’ Limited Representation of Historically Marginalized Groups." PS: Political Science & Politics 53, no. 4 (July 22, 2020): 734–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096520000797.
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ABSTRACTThe Introduction to American Government course, and its textbook, is a nearly universal experience for students in American colleges and universities, but what exactly is being taught in this course? Do the textbooks used in this widely taught course accurately reflect the diversity of populations and experiences in the United States? More specifically, how do textbooks for Introduction to American Government cover historically marginalized groups, if at all? This article builds on previous work by analyzing the representation of individual historically marginalized groups to conduct index search and content analyses on traditionally published and openly licensed (i.e., open educational resources [OER]) textbooks. This study finds that American government textbooks include little coverage of any historically marginalized groups, and that OER textbooks are average in this respect, doing neither better nor worse than their traditionally published counterparts.
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Yonata, Fadhila, and Yoniswan Yoniswan. "Stereotip Karakter Perempuan dalam Buku Ajar untuk Sekolah Dasar: Kajian Multimodalitas." Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra 9, no. 2 (May 7, 2021): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/jbs.v9i2.111935.
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Myriads of studies about gender stereotypes in educational materials have been carried out by global scholars in recent years. One of the focus is in the textbook seems to be crucial due to its prominent role as guidance to curriculum and teachers’ credence on the contents. A textbook actually has two important role as vehicle of knowledge transfer and of social practices paradigm construction. However, little studies have reported on the representation of female characters stereotypes in the context of elementary school language textbook. Following multimodality framework proposed by Van Leuween (2008), verbal and visual texts in two English language textbooks published by private companies in Indonesia were analysed in respect to gender stereotyped. The findings reveal the existence of stereotypes of female character on personality, hobby and interest, occupation, and social roles. The study suggests textbook makers (authors and publishers) and users (parents, teachers, and education stakeholders) to rise critical gender awareness.
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Hintermann, Christiane, Christa Markom, Heidemarie Weinhäupl, and Sanda Üllen. "Debating Migration in Textbooks and Classrooms in Austria." Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 79–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/jemms.2014.060105.
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This article examines how the topics of migration, cultural diversity, and discrimination are depicted in current Austrian school textbooks and how they are discussed and perceived by pupils of different age groups attending different types of schools. The discussion concentrates on three main issues: the representation of migration as problematic; the use, critical or otherwise, of specific terms; and whether the history of migration to and from Austria is represented and perceived as part of a common Austrian history. Alongside the findings of the textbook analysis, we show how the involvement of pupils in textbook and migration research can contribute to the production of scientific knowledge in this area.
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Purwaningtyas, Titin. "Didactic Symbol of Visual Images in EFL Textbook: Multi-modal Critical Discourse Analysis." Pedagogy : Journal of English Language Teaching 8, no. 1 (June 4, 2020): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.32332/pedagogy.v8i1.1959.
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The textbook plays an essential role for students in the teaching and learning process. Imagery, combined with texts in the textbook, makes subjects easy to understand. Images are generally used to convey things we can't tell in the text. Visual images help students make sense of output and input around them. This study investigates the representation of the visual image in the EFL textbook proposed by using a multimodal discourse analysis method. The researcher used the framework from Kress van Leeuwen. Information from all visual images consist of 158 images in the Indonesian EFL textbook is collected as the data in this study. The results showed that females (70%) portions were more commonly portrayed than males ( 30%). In terms of social roles, females have the same proportion of occupations as males. In terms of image appearance, the foreign and Indonesian cultures portrayed to show the tolerance culture. This study aims to explore the meaning of the integrated use of semiotic resources, such as visual image representation in the textbook. The researcher expected students and teachers as textbook users could increase their understanding with the subject of teaching and learning by interpreting the visual images effectively. This study recommends to the textbook user that visual images appearances can strengthen the text or written material in the textbook. Also, it suggests textbook publishers be more concerned and synchronize between the written content and the visual representation portrayed not to occur misinterpretation among the textbook users.
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Ahmadi Darani, Parviz, and Alireza Akbari. "The Ideological Import of a Second Identity: A Critical Image Analysis to Global EFL Materials." Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research 6, no. 3 (October 14, 2016): 231. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/remie.2016.2174.
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The critical analysis of images or visual texts, as an emerging and adapted version of critical discourse analysis (CDA), can contribute to distinguish bias or fair gender manifestation. The rationale behind this study is that little systematic and exhaustive studies have been conducted with an eye towards investigating images solely in EFL textbooks. To offset this imbalance, this paper adopted Fairclough’s (2001) critical discourse analysis (CDA) and social semiotic analysis (SSA) framework by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) to interrogate the extent and types of gender bias in the Four Corners series, the commercially-produced English language textbooks (Richards and Bohlke, 2012). By adopting a quantitative and qualitative design, image typologies were tallied, girded and tabulated to see how the probable and hidden portrayal image patterns had been rendered for both genders. The results revealed over-representation persists in all the textbook series in certain degrees for both genders and while a textbook series might over-represent one gender it does not necessarily imply that the individual textbook over-represents the same gender.
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Sulaimani, Amjjad. "Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks in Saudi Arabia: A Fair Deal?" English Language Teaching 10, no. 6 (May 25, 2017): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n6p44.
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This study explores gender representation in an international English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook that has been specifically adapted for the Saudi Arabian context. It aims to investigate gender frequencies in conversations in three dimensions: gender relations, subject positions, and contents. The quantitative data were analysed using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a model. The results indicate that the textbook is biased in terms of gender. Women are underrepresented in the textbook. They have been totally excluded from half of the units in the textbook. Also, the equal relations between the two genders are limited to friendship. Although both genders are positioned in the same subjects and contents, women are less frequently characterised than men.
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Bouzid, Hassan Ait. "AN EVALUATION OF SELECTED MOROCCAN ELT TEXTBOOKS: A STANDARDS-BASED APPROACH PERSPECTIVE." Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics 7, no. 1 (May 31, 2017): 229. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v7i1.6879.
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Standards-Based Approach to textbook evaluation has been blooming in recent decades. Nevertheless, this practice has received very little attention in Morocco. The present study aims to bridge a gap in the literature of the Moroccan context by investigating the extent to which three locally designed ELT textbooks conform to the theoretical principles of the Standards-Based Approach which defines the teaching of English as a foreign language in the country (Ministry of National Education, 2007). Its objective is to examine whether and how these textbooks present contents that enable learners to meet the content standards included in the goal areas of Communications, Cultures, Connections and Comparisons. The study is informed by the theoretical framework of the Standards-Based Approach. It adopts a mixed-methods design that uses content analysis as a mixed data analysis method combining both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings reveal a number of shortcomings relevant to the representation of the content standards as several standards are not sufficiently addressed in the activities included in these textbooks. Eventually, some suggestions are addressed to policy makers, textbook designers and teachers to overcome the identified problems in current and future textbooks. The study is expected to sensitize ELT practitioners about the viability of using textbook evaluation in boosting both the quality of ELT textbooks and the quality of the teaching learning outcomes.
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Sulistiyo, Urip, S. Supiani, Ahmad Kailani, and Reni Puspitasari Dwi Lestariyana. "Infusing moral content into primary school English textbooks: A critical discourse analysis." Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics 10, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 251–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v10i1.25067.
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Situated in character-based education, the Indonesian Government mandates all teachers to incorporate moral values into school subjects. Teaching English to young learners (TEYL) is no exception. Little empirical evidence reports how school textbooks (e.g., language textbooks) discursively teach particular values explicitly and implicitly. To validate whether English for young learners (EYL) textbooks teach particular moral values, the present critical discourse study (CDA) reported in this article examines how moral content is discursively infused into EYL textbooks. Framed in Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory, it looks specifically at how particular moral values are represented in three nationally-adopted EYL textbooks through lexical choices, the representation of images, and selected texts that the textbook writers use to represent their attitudinal discourse. The findings show that the value of helping others is predominantly represented in the textbooks. The other dominant values encapsulated in the textbooks include politeness and caring. We conclude that the textbook writers place greater emphasis on such values as helping others, being polite, and caring in the textbooks in as much as they may want to teach these values at an early age.
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Samhun Park. "Japanese Textbook and Representation of ‘Japan’ －With Focus on the 4th Curriculum Textbook－." 아시아문화연구 32, no. ll (December 2013): 131–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.34252/acsri.2013.32..005.
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Javadi, Yaghoob, and Mozhdeh Tahmasbi. "Application of Sociocultural Identity Theory to Education in EFL Textbooks Development." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 10, no. 5 (May 1, 2020): 536. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1005.07.
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The present study aims to use Sociocultural Identity theory to education with reference to teaching and learning English as a second language in the EFL textbooks development. The findings of this study revealed that there is a need to use the cultural sensitive and context-appropriate materials in the EFL textbooks. It is urgent to teaching materials correspond with the learners’ attitudes, religious opinions and preferences. Because, textbook is not only a commercially accessible reference book which is utilized in a language teaching program, it additionally serves as a significant way to convey political and ideological orientation. Moreover, textbooks decide not only content teaching and learning environments, but also what dominant or valid culture is passed on. Then one goal of textbooks is to serve as a means of facilitating the integration of content about ethnically, racially and culturally diverse individuals. To this end, textbook writers should avoid cultural inequalities and prejudices that learners can absorb in their learning, and have a balanced representation of social / cultural components such as ethnicity, gender, and race.
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Taghei Azad, Mohammad, and Kashif Raza. "Gender Representation in Iranian High School Textbook Images." Language Teaching Research Quarterly 15 (March 2020): 50–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2020.15.04.
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