It was the objective of this study to collect and analyze data concerning how the dominant minority groups in California - Spanish speaking-speaking, Negro, American Indian, and Oriental American - have been and are currently portrayed in those state adopted reading textbooks that are/and have been the most commonly used in California elementary schools since 1953.
The investigator used the process of content analysis to gather data in order to answer the following questions: (1) Are the identified minority group characters represented in the state adopted California elementary reading textbooks of the 1950’s?; (2) When represented, what is the portrayal of that character representation?; (3) Are the identified minority group characters represented in the state Adopted California reading textbooks of the 1960’s?; (4) When represented, what is the portrayal of that character representation?; (5) Are the identified minority group characters represented in the state adopted California reading textbooks of the 1970’s?; (6) When represented, what is the portrayal of that character's representation?; and (7) What evidence of trends is there in the presentation of the identified minority group characters during this twenty year period?
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:pacific.edu/oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-3889 |
| Date | 01 January 1971 |
| Creators | Mckay, Ralph Yarnelle |
| Publisher | Scholarly Commons |
| Source Sets | University of the Pacific |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations |
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