The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Textbook Project.

Hodenfield, G. K.

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ERIC Number: EJ205992

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Textbook Project.

Hodenfield, G. K.

American Education, v15 n1 p27-29 Jan-Feb 1979

History and geography textbooks used in secondary grades in the Soviet Union and in the United States are being examined by scholars in both countries for factual errors and ideological distortions which influence how one nation perceives the other. A joint report, with suggestions for improvements, is scheduled for 1980. (MF)

Descriptors: Communism, Cultural Exchange, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Geography, History, International Educational Exchange, Political Influences, Secondary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: USSR

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