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ERIC Number: EJ500288
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
An Early Example of the Analysis of History Textbooks in Canada.
Osborne, Ken
Canadian Social Studies, v29 n1 p21-25 Fall 1994
Reports on an analysis of history textbooks used in Canadian schools during the 1930s. Presents a set of six criteria used by the evaluators. Concludes that the textbook study is a reminder of the period when the social studies curriculum was the subject of political criticism from the left. (CFR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, History, History Instruction, Politics of Education, Social Change, Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks, War, World War I
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Orwell (George); Womens International League for Peace and Freedom