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A content analysis study of five selected high school geography textbooks used in Oklahoma
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chebbo, Mohamad Khodr |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Abstract | A CONTENT ANALYSIS STUDY OF FIVE SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS USED IN OKLAHOMA BY: MOHAMAD KHODR CHEBBO MAJOR PROFESSOR: DR. ROBERT F. BIBENS The m ajor purposes of th is study were to do a content an aly sis o f f i v e s e l e c t e d h ig h sch o o l geography te x tb o o k s and to compare c o n te n ts provided in each textbook to a l i s t o f c a te g o rie s th a t summa r iz e d what g eo g ra p h e rs and ed u ca to rs would recommend to include in a geography textbook used a t the high school le v e l . P ro ce d u re : The c o n te n t a n a ly s i s te c h n iq u e was u t i l i z e d fo r an aly sis and c o m p ariso n . A l i s t o f seven c o n te n t c a te g o r ie s was developed. T h is l i s t in c lu d e d : P h y s ic a l , Human, G lo b a l, N a tio n a l, and Regional geography . Cartography, and Concepts and R e la tio n sh ip s . Each category in c lu d e d s e v e r a l s p e c i f i c p o in ts th a t were analyzed fo r th e i r in c lu s io n , i n t e n s i t y , and degree of d e sc rip tio n and ex am p lifica tio n . Col le c te d d a ta were r e s o r t e d in to n ine format c a te g o r ie s th a t analyzed th e c o v e r a g e o f : pages devo ted to th e seven c o n te n t c a te g o r ie s , s e le c te d c o n c e p ts , d e t a i l s o f se le c te d to p ic s and concepts, se lec ted r e l a t i o n s h i p s , s e le c te d f a c t s , some to p ic s f o r t h e i r in c lu s io n or xiv o m iss io n , freq u en cy of summary s ta te m e n ts , p ro v is io n o f a d d itio n a l p o in ts , and frequency of f ig u re s and ta b le s . F indings and Conclusions: A ll f iv e tex tbooks; focused on World geography a p p ro a c h e d t h e s tu d y o f a l l r e g io n s in th e w orld in a " t r a d i t io n a l" and "conventional" way o ffe red very few of the se lec ted concep ts, r e la tio n s h ip s , and d e ta i l s o f s e le c te d to p ic s and concepts r e l ie d on the use and prov ision o f fa c tu a l examples used summary statem ents in few in s ta n ce s r e l ie d most on p ic tu re s and provided very few ta b le s . Recommandat io n s : Teachers should use tex tbooks as one of the many re so u rce m a te r ia ls to which they might r e f e r . They should a lso re fe r to C urricu lum g u id e l in e s proposed a t S ta te and Nation-wide le v e ls when d ev e lo p in g o b je c t iv e s f o r t h e i r c o u rs e s . Authors and p u b lish ers o f t e x tb o o k s s h o u ld c o n s id e r th e in c lu s io n of w hat g eo g rap h ers and e d u c a to rs recommended to provide in a h igh school geography course or te x tb o o k . A u tho rs and p u b lish ers should a ls o re v ise th e i r tex tbooks, include more concepts and re la tio n s h ip s , and use some of the fa c ts pro v id ed to s u p p o rt c o n ce p ts and r e l a t i o n s h i p s . S im ila r s tu d ie s were recommended to co n d u ct such as c o n te n t a n a ly s i s of o th e r geography tex tbooks, d e sc r ip tio n o f changes in th e ir co n ten ts over the years , and a sse ssm en t o f th e u s e fu ln e s s o f th e c o n te n t a n a ly s is method fo r the a n a ly s is of tex tbooks. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/5331/8518304.PDF?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
