Celebrating culture and neglecting language. Representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976-2021).

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Qian; Zehra Colak, Fatma; Agirdag, Orhan
Titel	Celebrating culture and neglecting language. Representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976-2021).
Quelle	In: Journal of curriculum studies, 54 (2022) 5, S. 687-711Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben S. 707-710
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272; 1366-5839
DOI	10.1080/00220272.2022.2045361
Schlagwörter	Stereotyp; Bildungspolitik; China; Grundschule; Nationale Minderheit; Schulbuch; Stereotyp; Curriculumentwicklung; Bildungspolitik; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Grundschule; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Curriculumentwicklung; Schulbuch; Geschichte (Histor); Nationale Minderheit; China
Abstract	This study draws on data collected from Chinese language textbooks to investigate the ways in which ethnic minority cultures and languages are represented in primary school textbooks in China. Drawing on the methods of thematic and comparative analysis, we specifically analyse how the representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese textbooks has changed across different periods in history. The analysis reveals that the representation of ethnic minority cultures and languages is largely limited to the contributions approach and additive approach to multicultural curriculum development. The findings show a largely selective, traditional, and stereotypical representation of ethnic minority cultures and languages in school textbooks, which focus primarily on cultures from representative ethnic groups. Although an accurate and equitable representation of ethnic minorities is still mostly lacking in Chinese language textbooks, a multicultural approach to ethnic diversity has been gaining ground over the past four decades. Interestingly, increasing interest in a multicultural approach has been accompanied by decreasing tolerance towards ethnic multilingualism in textbooks over the past four decades. Such observable trends towards monolingualism and multiculturalism in the representation of ethnic and linguistic diversity in textbooks echo the continuous changes in national education policy.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1