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Role of Language in Gender Identity Formation in Pakistani School Textbooks
Khan, Qaisar; Sultana, Nighat; Bughio, Qasim; Naz, Arab - In: Indian Journal of Gender Studies 21 (2014) 1, pp. 55-84
and cultural set-up. The study is based on an analysis of 42 textbooks in English, Urdu and Pakhtu, used for teaching … students from grades 1 to 10 in state-owned and privately run Pakistani schools. The article contends that language serves as a … marked by gender bias, disparity and gender segregation. The research further indicates that the language of textbooks …
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Economics for the Masses: The Visual Display of Economic Knowledge in the United States (1910-45)
Charles, Loic; Giraud, Yann - In: History of Political Economy 45 (2013) 4, pp. 567-612
The rise of visual representation in textbooks is an important feature of the development of the economics discipline … textbooks intended for nonspecialists, in periodicals such as the Survey (a monthly magazine intended for an audience of social …
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Sex discrimination in education : content analysis of Pakistan school text books
Zeenatunissa, M.S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1989
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Value orientations in textbooks for high school
Okolskaya, Lidiya - In: Educational Studies (2012) 1, pp. 93-125
analysis of high school textbooks on social and human sciences. The author uses Schwartzs value typology consisting of two … of textbooks has been analyzed for compliance to declared values of school subjects approved in educational standards … textbooks are dominated by the value of benevolence. The value hierarchy built by literature classes is very likely to play a …
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When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
Kuecken, Maria; Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 3, pp. 311-315
Using a within-student analysis, we find no average impact of textbook access (ownership or sharing) on primary school achievement. Instead, it is only for students with high socioeconomic status that one form of textbook access–sharing–has a positive impact.
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Integrating heterodox economics into the orthodox introductory course
McDonough, Terrence - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 3 (2012) 4, pp. 437-449
The introductory course poses a particular problem for a pluralist approach. The mainstream has assumed that its paradigm constitutes the whole of what is worthwhile communicating to first year students. Thus a substantial portion of the available teaching time has been pre-allocated. The...
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Hans Apel, Samuelson's Economics and Academic Freedom, 1950-57
Backhouse, Roger - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2014
academic freedom through strengthening the right of instructors to choose their own textbooks. The story began when his …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115513
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The Influence of Curriculum Material Design on Opportunities for Student Learning
Remillard, Janine T.; Harris, Barbara; Agodini, Roberto - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
This paper explores how the design features of curriculum materials might influence potential opportunities to learn and student outcomes through a comparative, documentary analysis of four mathematics curricula commonly used in the United States.
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Development of economic education in Russian high schools
Mikheeva, Svetlana - In: Educational Studies (2010) 2, pp. 136-151
to analyze the legal, pedagogical, and teaching force aspects of the modern economics teaching in Russian high schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188794
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When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
Kuecken, Maria; Valfort, Marie-Anne - HAL - 2013
Using a within-student analysis, we find no average impact of textbook access (ownership or sharing) on primary school achievement. Instead, it is only for students with high socioeconomic status that one form of textbook access - sharing - has a positive impact.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025956