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Wartenberg, Sara Kinzer.

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A content analysis of cultural diversity in Florida state adopted world history textbooks.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A content analysis of cultural diversity in Florida state adopted world history textbooks./
Author:	Wartenberg, Sara Kinzer.
Description:	315 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-03, Section: A, page: 0706.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International58-03A.
Subject:	Education, Bilingual and Multicultural. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9724029
ISBN:	0591329050

A content analysis of cultural diversity in Florida state adopted world history textbooks.
Wartenberg, Sara Kinzer.

A content analysis of cultural diversity in Florida state adopted world history textbooks. - 315 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-03, Section: A, page: 0706.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 1997.

This study assessed the effects of public debates on curriculum reform, especially debates concerning multiculturalism and Afrocentrism, on the high school world history curriculum by evaluating textbooks adopted in Florida in 1986 and 1992. Since Florida is a key adoption state, the textbooks adopted by this state would probably be reflective of national developments. A variety of assessment strategies were employed. The number of chapters that presented European and Non-European content was tallied and the average length of the chapters in each grouping was calculated. Content checklists based on recent multicultural and Afrocentric writings were developed for three topics: the Columbus Encounter, Ancient African history, and Medieval African history. The Evaluation Coefficient Analysis (ECO), developed by David Pratt, was used in conjunction with two vocabulary lists, one traditional and one multicultural, to measure the proportion of multicultural terms as compared to traditional terms found in the written content of each textbook in four topic areas: Ancient Africa, Medieval Africa, Native America, and the Age of Exploration. The interrater reliability of the recorder was found to be.97825. Visuals were also tabulated for European and Non-European chapters. Illustrations were divided into three categories: depictions of inanimate objects or natural vistas, of individuals, and of two or more people. The number of charts, tables, and graphs for European and Non-European chapters were also tabulated. In addition, projections of maps used in the chapters were ascertained when possible. Findings: considerable variation occurred among the textbooks regarding changes that could be attributed to the debate on multiculturalism. Most textbooks appeared to try to contain as much information as possible by "mentioning" partial information, but changes between 1986 and 1992 editions were slight. 1992 textbooks were concerned with map projections, perhaps as a result of the controversy over the Mercator projection, seen by multiculturalists as Eurocentric. Recommendation: this study could be used as a baseline for analysis of multicultural content in textbooks adopted by Florida in the 1998 adoption cycle.

ISBN: 0591329050Subjects--Topical Terms:

626653
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural.

A content analysis of cultural diversity in Florida state adopted world history textbooks.
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