Bias in curricula refers to real or perceived

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in the educational textbooks.

Bias in school textbooks

The content of school textbooks is often the issue of debate, as their target audience is young people, and the term "whitewashing" is the one commonly used to refer to selective removal of critical or damaging evidence or comment. The reporting of military atrocities in history is extremely controversial, as in the case of the

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(or

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) and the

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of the

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. The representation of every society's flaws or misconduct is typically downplayed in favor of a more nationalist or patriotic view. Also,

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and other religionists have at times attempted to block the teaching of the theory of

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in schools, as evolutionary theory appears to contradict their

religious beliefs A belief is an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false. To believe something is to take ...

; the teaching of

creationism Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation. Gunn 2004, p. 9, "The ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' says that creationism is 't ...

as a science is likewise blocked from many public schools. In the context of secondary-school education, the way facts and history are presented greatly influences the interpretation of contemporary thought, opinion and socialization. One legitimate argument for censoring the type of information disseminated is based on the inappropriate quality of such material for the young. The use of the "inappropriate" distinction is in itself controversial, as it can be used to enforce wider and more politically motivated censorship.

Religious bias

Many countries and states have guidelines against bias in education, but they are not always implemented. The guidelines of the

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Department of Education (Code 60044) state the following: "No

religious belief Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

or practice may be held up to ridicule and no religious group may be portrayed as inferior." "Any explanation or description of a religious belief or practice should be present in a manner that does not encourage or discourage belief or indoctrinate the student in any particular religious belief." On the basis of these guidelines, the Board of Education of

corrected in 2005 misrepresentations of

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Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in th ...

and

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in schoolbooks. Many of these misrepresentations were described as biased, erroneous or culturally derogatory. All 500 changes proposed by Jews, dozens by Hindus and about 100 changes proposed by Muslims were accepted.

Gender bias

According to fourth edition of annual Global Education Monitoring Report of UNESCO, 2020, depiction of female characters are less frequent and often discriminatory in school text books of many countries. According to Prof Rae Lesser Blumberg women are either absent in school textbooks or usually depicted in subservient roles, perpetuate gender imbalance, Blumberg says when millions of children are dropped out of schools, issue of gender bias in education remains on back burner and does not make headline. According to Valeria Perasso endemic Gender bias is endemic in primary school textbooks across continents. As per Unesco report pervasive sexist attitudes in school textbooks are invisible obstacles in educating girls, undermine their life expectations, careers, and gender equality. According to Aaron Benavot females are almost underrepresented in textbooks and curricula, Whether counted in lines of text, proportion of named characters, mentions in titles, citations in indexes or other criteria. Stereotypes of Gender roles, absence from scenes , gender-biased language,

By country or region

Australia

A recent study of student evaluations of teaching (SET) from a large public university in

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focused on gender and cultural bias. The dataset of more than 523,000 individual student surveys across 5 different faculties spanned a seven year period 2010-2016. There were 2,392 unique courses and 3,123 individual teachers in the dataset. The researchers concluded, "We detected statistically significant bias against women and staff with non-English language backgrounds, although these effects do not appear in every faculty. Our findings on the effect of cultural background is novel and significant because in

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, where the population is culturally diverse, current policy and administrative actions have focussed on addressing gender bias, but less on cultural or racial bias. We found some evidence that the proportion of women or staff with non-English language backgrounds in a faculty may be negatively correlated with bias, i.e., having a diverse teaching staff population may reduce bias. We also found that due to the magnitude of these potential biases, the SET scores are likely to be flawed as a measure of teaching performance. Finally, we found no evidence that student’s unconscious bias changes with the level of their degree program."

Europe

UK

Political bias, racial bias, the issue of homosexuality, trans activism and the representation of Muhammed have all caused educational controversy in the last decade or two.

United States

Many recent allegations against the

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have surfaced about the hiding of many historical facts from the public through public education and thus luring the public to believing that the actions taken by the U.S. government are justified and provide a global benefit. On the political left, professors

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and James Loewen allege that United States history as presented in school textbooks has a conservative bias. ''

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'', by American historian and political scientist Zinn, seeks to present American history through the eyes of groups rarely heard in mainstream histories. Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution studying and comparing twelve American history textbooks widely used throughout the United States. His findings were published in '' Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong''. On the political right, professor

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makes the opposite case: he alleges in his ''48 Liberal Lies About American History'' that United States history education has a liberal bias. In a landmark book called "The Trouble with Textbooks," Gary A. Tobin and Dennis R. Ybarra show how some American textbooks contain anti-Semitic versions of Jewish history and faith, particularly in relation to

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and

. The authors found that some U.S. textbooks "tend to discredit the ties between

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and the

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

is blamed for starting wars in the region and being colonialist. Jews are charged with deicide in the killing of

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. All in all, there are repeated misrepresentations that cross the line into bigotry."

Asia

Middle East

Palestinian school text books have come under repeated criticism for anti-Israeli bias. An independent study of Palestinian textbooks by Professor Nathan Brown of

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, found that Palestine National Authority-authored books avoid treating anything controversial regarding Palestinian national identity, and while highly nationalistic, do not incite hatred, violence and anti-Semitism. It cannot be described as a “peace curriculum”either, but the charges against it are often wildly exaggerated or inaccurate. An analysis of Israeli textbooks in 2000 by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), found that there was no indoctrination against the

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as a nation, nor a negative presentation of

. However in 2012,

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, a professor of language and education at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

, published ''Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education'', an account of her study of the contents of Israeli school books, finding that Israeli school books do in fact promote

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against and negative images of Arabs, and prepare Israeli children for compulsory military service.

India

In 1982 the

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(National Council of Educational Research and Training) issued guidelines for the rewriting of schoolbooks. It stipulated that: "Characterization of the medieval period as a time of conflict between

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and

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is forbidden." In April 1989 the

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Board of Secondary Education had issued instructions to schools and publishers of textbooks that "Muslim rule should never attract any

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. Destruction of

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s by Muslim rulers and invaders should not be mentioned." Schools and publishers have been asked to ignore and delete mention of forcible conversions to Islam. Some academicians have felt that these "corrections" were politically motivated and that they are censorship.

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criticized these changes in schoolbooks and claimed: ''The most extensive deletions are ordered in regard to the chapter on "

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

's policy on religion". Every allusion to what he actually did to the Hindus, to their temples, to the very leitmotif of his rule – to spread the sway of Islam – are directed to be excised from the book. ... "In a word, no forcible conversions, no

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, no

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of temples. ... Muslim historians of those times are in raptures at the heap of Kafirs icwho have been dispatched to hell. Muslim historians are forever lavishing praise on the ruler for the temples he has destroyed, ... Law books like The Hedaya prescribe exactly the options to which these little textbooks alluded. All whitewashed away. Objective

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for objective history. And today if anyone seeks to restore truth to these textbooks, the shout, "Communal rewriting of history.""''

Japan

*See Japanese textbook controversy

Pakistan

Bias in education has been a common feature in the curriculum of many

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n countries. According to Waghmar, many of the

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societies are plagued by visceral nationalism and post-imperial neurosis where state-sanctioned dogmas suppress eclectic historical readings.Waghmar, B. (2005).
Pakistan Studies: The State of the Craft
'.

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. 27 February. p. 5. Retrieved on 9 June 2008. Issues such as the preaching of hatred and obscurantism and the distortion of history in

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have led the international scholars to suggest the need for coordinated efforts amongst the historians to produce a composite history of the

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as a common

n reader. Bias against Indians and

, as well as other religious minorities, have been found in Pakistani schoolbooks.Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr, The Vanguard of the Islamic Revolution: The Jama`at-i Islami of Pakistan (University of California Press, 1994) p121-122 However, Nelson here stresses the need for any

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to be based at the needs of the level of local communities. The bias in Pakistani textbooks was studied by Rubina Saigol, Pervez Hoodbhoy, K. K. Aziz, I. A. Rahman, Mubarak Ali, A. H. Nayyar, Ahmed Saleem, Yvette Rosser and others. A study by Nayyar & Salim (2003) that was conducted with 30 experts of Pakistan's education system, found that the textbooks contain statements that seek to create hate against Hindus. There was also an emphasis on

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, Shahadat, wars and military heroes. The study reported that the textbooks also had a lot of gender-biased stereotypes. Some of the problems in Pakistani textbooks cited in the report were: ''"Insensitivity to the existing religious diversity of the nation"; "Incitement to militancy and violence, including encouragement of Jehad and Shahadat"; a "glorification of war and the use of force"; "Inaccuracies of fact and omissions that serve to substantially distort the nature and significance of actual events in our history"; "Perspectives that encourage

prejudice Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's per ...

bigotry Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, rel ...

and

discrimination Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of Racial discrimination, r ...

towards fellow citizens, especially women and religious minorities, and other towards nations" and "Omission of concepts ... that could encourage critical selfawareness among students".'' These problems still seem to persist: The Curriculum Wing of the Federal Ministry of Education rejected a textbook in December 2003 because of two serious objections: The textbook contained the text of letter of a non-Muslim, and it contained the story of a family were both husband and wife worked and were sharing their household chores. In February 2004, a textbook was disapproved by the Curriculum Wing because it didn't contain enough material on jihad. Pakistani textbooks were relatively unbiased up to 1972, but were rewritten and completely altered under Bhutto's and especially under Zia's (1977–88) rule. The bias in

i textbooks was also documented by Yvette Rosser (2003). She wrote that "in the past few decades, social studies textbooks in

have been used as locations to articulate the hatred that Pakistani policy makers have attempted to inculcate towards their

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neighbours", and that as a result "in the minds of generations of

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, indoctrinated by the 'Ideology of Pakistan' are lodged fragments of hatred and suspicion." Professors who have been critical of Pakistani politics or corruption have are sometimes discriminated against. Dr. Parvez Hoodbhoy, who was also a critic of Pakistani politics, had troubles leaving the country for a lecture in the Physics department at

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, because he was denied a ''NOC (No Objection Certificate)'' necessary for travels abroad. One of the omissions in Pakistani textbooks is

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. Operation Gibraltar, which provoked the

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attack on

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, is not mentioned in most history textbooks. According to Pakistani textbooks, Lahore was attacked without any provocation on the part of the

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. The rule of Islamic invaders like

Mahmud of Ghazni Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At t ...

is glorified, while the much more peaceful Islamic ruler

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is often ignored in Pakistani textbooks. The Pakistani Curriculum document for classes K-V stated in 1995 that "at the completion of Class-V, the child should be able to": * "Acknowledge and identify forces that may be working against Pakistan." g 154* "Demonstrate by actions a belief in the fear of

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." g154* "Make speeches on Jehad and Shahadat" g154* "Understand Hindu-Muslim differences and the resultant need for Pakistan." g154* "

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's evil designs against Pakistan." g154* "Be safe from rumour mongers who spread false news" g158* "Visit police stations" g158* "Collect pictures of policemen, soldiers, and National Guards" g158* "Demonstrate respect for the leaders of Pakistan" g153

Turkey

Turkish schools, regardless of whether they are public or private, are required to teach history based on the

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approved by the

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. The state uses its monopoly to increase support for the official position of

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, demonizing

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and presenting them as enemies. For decades, these textbooks omitted any mention of Armenians as part of Ottoman history.
Since the 1980s, textbooks discuss the "events of 1915", but deflect the blame from the Ottoman government to other actors, especially imperialist powers who allegedly manipulated the Armenians to achieve their nefarious goals of undermining the empire, and the Armenians themselves, for allegedly committing treason and presenting a threat to the empire. Some textbooks admit that deportations occur and Armenians died, but present this action as necessary and justified. Most recently, textbooks have accused Armenians of perpetrating genocide against

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. In 2003, students in each grade level were instructed to write essays refuting the genocide. Teachers are instructed to tell seventh-year students:

References

*K.K.Aziz. (2004) '' The Murder of History : A Critique of History Textbooks used in Pakistan.'' Vanguar

*Agarwal, Vishal.'' Misrepresentation and Stereotyping of Hindu Dharma in History Textbooks in India.'' 2004

*Agarwal, Vishal. ''Review of Romila Thapar’s ‘Ancient India, A Textbook of History for Middle Schools’ NCERT'': New Delhi (1987) 2002

*Elst, Koenraad. (1992) '' Negationism in India - Concealing the Record of Islam.'' *Nayyar, A.H. & Salim, Ahmad. ''The Subtle Subversion: The State of Curricula and Text-books in Pakistan - Urdu, English, Social Studies and Civics.'' Sustainable Development Policy Institute

*Rosser, Yvette. ''Indoctrinating Minds: Politics of Education in Bangladesh'', RUPA, New Delhi, 2004

* --- ''Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks'', RUPA, New Delhi, 2003. * --- "The Clandestine Curriculum: The Temple of Doom in the Classroom", ''Education About Asia'', Volume 6, Number 3, Winter 2001 (Association of Asian Studies

* ---"Hegemony and Historiography: The Politics of Pedagogy", ''Asia Review'', Dhaka, Fall 1999. * ---"Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System on Hindu Identity Formation", Hindu Diaspora: Global Perspectives, Rukmani, ed. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 199

*Shourie, Arun. '' Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud''. New Delhi, 1998.

*Dr A H Nayyar. Twisted truth: Press and politicians make gains from SDPI curriculum report SDPI Research and News Bulletin Vol. 11, No. 1, January - February 2004 *Pervez Hoodbhoy - ''What Are They Teaching In Pakistani Schools Today?'' (International Movement for a Just World
Bias in education in California

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