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ERIC Number: EJ418998
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
Are Women out of the Picture? Sex Discrimination in Science Texts.
Bazler, Judith A.; Simonis, Doris A.
Science Teacher, v57 n9 p24-26 Dec 1990
Compared were the results of a 1973 study with the results of a similarly analyzed sample of recent textbooks with respect to gender fairness. Illustrations of named and unnamed figures both adult and young were analyzed in seven recent textbooks. (KR)
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Illustrations, Instructional Materials, Nondiscriminatory Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Sex Fairness, Textbook Bias, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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