Japan and the United States: What Our Textbooks Tell Us About Each Other.

Authors :: Kobayashi, Victor N.
Source :: Today's Education: Social Studies Edition. Nov-Dec 1981 70(4):45-57.
Publication Year :: 1981
Abstract: Summarizes results of a cooperative international analysis of social studies texts by the United States/Japan Study Group. The project found books from each country tended to justify their own country's actions while consistently oversimplifying conditions in the other. Teaching strategies to counteract textbook biases are included. (AM)

Language :: English
Volume :: 70
Issue :: 4
Database :: ERIC
Journal :: Today's Education: Social Studies Edition
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: EJ255550
Document Type :: Journal Articles<br />Reports - General<br />Reports - Descriptive