Changing Minds: How Elementary Social Studies Textbooks Both Reflect and Change Society.

Su, Ya-Chen

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Publication Date: 1998

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Changing Minds: How Elementary Social Studies Textbooks Both Reflect and Change Society.

Su, Ya-Chen

International Journal of Social Education, v12 n2 p76-104 Fall-Win 1997-98

Reviews the textbook content of the second edition of Taiwanese textbooks that resulted from the 1989-95 revision process. Reviews Taiwan' s national curriculum guide for social studies and basic guidelines for evaluating textbook content. Finds that the 1989-95 version addresses the presentation of local cultures but not controversial issues. (CMK)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, National Curriculum, Role of Education, Social Change, Social History, Social Studies, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan

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