Bias in Textbooks-Curriculum
Bias in Textbooks-Curriculum
(curriculum/textbooks)
How can teachers
detect such bias?
Bias in textbooks continue
Despite guidelines issued in the 1970-80s
suggesting how to portray different
groups more fairly, recent research
indicates an imbalance persists.
Science textbooks show more males
History texts include more illustrations of
males
Majority of music related figures were male
Language arts textbooks-more stories
featuring male characters
7 manifestations of bias
Invisibility
Linguistic bias
Stereotyping
Imbalance
Unreality
Fragmentation
Cosmetic bias
Bias shown to all subgroups
Gender
SES
Ethnicity/race
Elderly
ESL and non-English speaking
People with disabilities
Invisibility
When contributions made by groups go
largely ignored in textbooks.
Illusion of equality.