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Article Critique
Folk Dress, Fiestas, and Festivals: How is Mexico
Portrayed in U.S. Primary Grade Social Studies
Textbooks?
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Rationale
Mexican immigrants and descendants consist of a lot percentage of students in U.S., especially in Texas.
It’s necessary for American students to learn more about Mexico.
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Gap
The contents in past textbooks are superficial.
No comprehensive analyses of textbook about Mexico for primary grades have been published.
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Context
Texas state social studies curriculum standards is going to be revised.
(Hope this research could give the government recommendations.)
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Question
1.How is Mexico represented in social studies textbooks for grades 1-3?
2.What suggestions are provided for teachers related to teaching about Mexcio in social studies textbooks for grades 1-3?
(pp. 25-26)
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Method
Constant comparative method of analysis
3 series of textbooks mainly used in Texas
Qualitative Research
Harcort-Brace
Scott-Foresman
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
(pp. 25-26)
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Method
Constant comparative method of analysis
Search everything about Mexico
Qualitative Research
textual passages photos
mapsillustrations
tables
charts
captionsreferences
teacher’s edition notes
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Method
Constant comparative method of analysis
Finally create 4 categories
Qualitative Research
holidays Mexcio people and heros
contested history
Mexican-U.S. relation
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Theoratical Framework
1. Cross-cultural understanding
2. National relationship
(pp. 26-27)
Similar to Su’s (2007) approach during a study of Taiwanese textbooks from 1978-1995, we explored two themes to address the research questions.
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Findings
photographs and
illustrationsMexican Food
DanceFestival
stereotype刻板印象
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Findings
holidays
Cinco de Mayo1862/05/05
Independence Day1810/09/16
v.s. v.s.
著重在節慶、慶典,忽略其背後帶有愛國精神的價值觀和歷史脈絡。
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Findings
Mexico people and heros
Mexico farmer
more than their people in cities
Mexico worker
藍領工人、農民工的景象
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Findings
Diego Rivera (muralist)
Indigenous people(Aztec)
Ancient Americans more than other heros
忽視當地原住民文化與現今墨西哥人的連結;當代人物重畫家而少有墨國偉人的介紹。
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Findings
contested history
There was NO “TEXAS” that time!
v.s.
¡ Texans against the Mexicans!
¡ Americans against the Mexicans!
U.S.-centric
以美國為中心的論述,沒有還原到當時的歷史脈絡
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Findings
Mexican-U.S. relation
Use of maps
U.S. to be the top over Mexico
Economics
Agricultural products
Natural resources
National or state borders
Human migration
美國為中心,自我優越的角色
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Conclusions
superficial
U.S.-centric
stereotype
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Recommendations
Balance between old/now, holidays, people
What are considered important by Mexicans
Correct historical frame/perspective
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Reflection
Correct historical perspective
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Reflection
Textbooks are powerful “message senders”
What ideology [͵aɪdɪˋɑlədʒɪ]
behind those textbooks we still ignore?
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Reflection
1. 「理論框架」的索引來自台灣研究,但該研究中 並未提出兩個觀點。
2. 研究方法缺乏詳盡的敘述說明,特別的範疇的產生方式, 亦會影響。
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That’s it!603750190 Nick 2014/12/05