Are All of Your Students Represented in Their Textbooks? A Content Analysis of Coverage of Diversity Issues in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
Are All of Your Students Represented in Their Textbooks? A Content Analysis of Coverage of Diversity Issues in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
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您所有的学生都出现在他们的教科书中吗？
DOI：
10.1207/s15328023top2402_3
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发表时间：
1997
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
C. K. Waterman
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作者：
M. Hogben;C. K. Waterman
心理学入门课程是少数民族和多数群体成员进一步学习心理学的门户课程。我们检查了1990至1992年间出版的28本导论教科书中的文字和照片，以涵盖多样性问题(例如，少数群体成员以及女同性恋和男同性恋的生活方式)。虽然妇女在人口中不是少数，但我们也包括了对性别问题的分析。结果表明，20世纪90年代的教材中与多样性相关的内容是有限的，但比旧教材中的内容更广泛。对内容与作者性别关系的分析(S)表明，女性作者对某些多样性问题的报道明显多于男性作者或男女混合合著者。关于照片，拉丁裔/拉丁裔和妇女的比例明显偏低。讨论了这些发现对大学生、教师、作者和出版商的影响。
Introductory psychology is the gateway course for further study in psychology for minority as well as majority group members. We examined text and photographs in 28 introductory textbooks published between 1990 and 1992 for coverage of diversity issues (e.g., minority group members and lesbian and gay lifestyles). Although women are not a minority in the population, we also included an analysis of gender issues. Results indicated that diversity-related content in 1990s textbooks is limited, although more extensive than in older textbooks. Analysts of content as a function of gender of author(s) revealed that female authors covered some diversity issues to a significantly greater extent than male authors or mixed-gender coauthors. Regarding photographs, Latinos/Latinas and women were significantly underrepresented. Implications of these findings for college students, instructors, authors, and publishers are discussed.