This study examines the depth of information regarding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)/Female Cutting (FC) present in US medical textbooks. According to Klein et al. (2018) [1], despite substantial attention regarding...This study examines the depth of information regarding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)/Female Cutting (FC) present in US medical textbooks. According to Klein et al. (2018) [1], despite substantial attention regarding the effects of FGM, this practice is still ongoing all over the world. Healthcare providers are very important actors who need to understand FGM in order to provide care to girls and women subjected to it, but the small amount of existing work in this area shows a low level of knowledge and training about FGM/FC among U.S. physicians. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first published the estimated number of girls at risk of FGM/FC in the U.S. to be about 168,000 in 1997;that number had increased to 513,000 girls in the US by 2012 (according to Goldberg et al.) In this study, a small sample of medical textbooks were analyzed for the degree to which the textbooks include information regarding FGM/FC. The results of this study show that US medical textbooks do not include information regarding FGM/FC, suggesting that most medical providers don’t have knowledge and training about FGM/FC. The inadequate information on FGM/FC in medical textbooks reflects a culturally biased lack of recognition of the number of girls and women affected in the US. This maintains an ongoing pattern of silence that reinforces gender inequality. Considering the inadequate information covered in US medical textbooks on FGM/FC, and the concordant lack of provider training to provide advice and care to affected girls and women, incorrect and missed diagnoses may lead to harm to victims of FGM/FC. Providers would be better equipped to care for women and girls if their medical training included information regarding FGM/FC.展开更多
The Chinese EFL textbook GO FOR IT is widely used in most state-owned middle schools of China.According to the national English Curriculum of in China,cultural contents should be provided.The cultural contents are ana...The Chinese EFL textbook GO FOR IT is widely used in most state-owned middle schools of China.According to the national English Curriculum of in China,cultural contents should be provided.The cultural contents are analyzed from two aspects—cultural awareness through verbal communication and the cultural awareness through non-verbal communication.Specifically,appellations and greetings,polite expressions,the dining patterns,cultural imageries of animals are analyzed in this thesis.展开更多
Foreign literary works are an important part of Chinese textbooks in high schools.However,the exam-oriented education results in a marginalized and unsatisfactory teaching of foreign literary works.Based on the high s...Foreign literary works are an important part of Chinese textbooks in high schools.However,the exam-oriented education results in a marginalized and unsatisfactory teaching of foreign literary works.Based on the high school Chinese textbook by PEP(People's Education Press),teaching practices,and requirements of the new curriculum standards,this article analyzes the foreign literary works in the textbook,explores its value and the infiltration of cultural spirit in teaching,discusses the problems in teaching,as well as provides suggestions to them in hope to gain attention in the teaching of foreign literary works,broaden students' horizons,and cultivate their humanistic spirit.展开更多
Purpose:To analyze mathematics problem-solving(PS)procedures in Chinese(CH)and Canadian(CA)elementary mathematics textbooks that leverage computational thinking(CT)as a cognitive tool,which have evidently existed and ...Purpose:To analyze mathematics problem-solving(PS)procedures in Chinese(CH)and Canadian(CA)elementary mathematics textbooks that leverage computational thinking(CT)as a cognitive tool,which have evidently existed and been implemented.Design/Approach/Methods:In this study,an analysis framework was developed to investigate the characteristics of CT tools for three PS steps—understand the problem,devise and conduct plans,and look back into textbooks—in four contexts:data practices,modeling and simulation practices,computational tools practices,and systemic thinking practices.Findings:Our results demonstrate the tools(CT)employed in the PS process in CH and CA mathematics textbooks.The strong connections between the“look back”stage and CT tools were explored.During the“look back”stage,both countries required students to transfer their knowledge and perform generalization.In addition,CT is regarded as a basic skill analysis for students in mathematics education and has received significant attention at every stage of the PS process.Originality/Value:This study brings a new perspective to CTresearch in education by regarding CT as a cognitive tool for students in mathematics PS.展开更多
文摘This study examines the depth of information regarding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)/Female Cutting (FC) present in US medical textbooks. According to Klein et al. (2018) [1], despite substantial attention regarding the effects of FGM, this practice is still ongoing all over the world. Healthcare providers are very important actors who need to understand FGM in order to provide care to girls and women subjected to it, but the small amount of existing work in this area shows a low level of knowledge and training about FGM/FC among U.S. physicians. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first published the estimated number of girls at risk of FGM/FC in the U.S. to be about 168,000 in 1997;that number had increased to 513,000 girls in the US by 2012 (according to Goldberg et al.) In this study, a small sample of medical textbooks were analyzed for the degree to which the textbooks include information regarding FGM/FC. The results of this study show that US medical textbooks do not include information regarding FGM/FC, suggesting that most medical providers don’t have knowledge and training about FGM/FC. The inadequate information on FGM/FC in medical textbooks reflects a culturally biased lack of recognition of the number of girls and women affected in the US. This maintains an ongoing pattern of silence that reinforces gender inequality. Considering the inadequate information covered in US medical textbooks on FGM/FC, and the concordant lack of provider training to provide advice and care to affected girls and women, incorrect and missed diagnoses may lead to harm to victims of FGM/FC. Providers would be better equipped to care for women and girls if their medical training included information regarding FGM/FC.
文摘The Chinese EFL textbook GO FOR IT is widely used in most state-owned middle schools of China.According to the national English Curriculum of in China,cultural contents should be provided.The cultural contents are analyzed from two aspects—cultural awareness through verbal communication and the cultural awareness through non-verbal communication.Specifically,appellations and greetings,polite expressions,the dining patterns,cultural imageries of animals are analyzed in this thesis.
文摘Foreign literary works are an important part of Chinese textbooks in high schools.However,the exam-oriented education results in a marginalized and unsatisfactory teaching of foreign literary works.Based on the high school Chinese textbook by PEP(People's Education Press),teaching practices,and requirements of the new curriculum standards,this article analyzes the foreign literary works in the textbook,explores its value and the infiltration of cultural spirit in teaching,discusses the problems in teaching,as well as provides suggestions to them in hope to gain attention in the teaching of foreign literary works,broaden students' horizons,and cultivate their humanistic spirit.
文摘Purpose:To analyze mathematics problem-solving(PS)procedures in Chinese(CH)and Canadian(CA)elementary mathematics textbooks that leverage computational thinking(CT)as a cognitive tool,which have evidently existed and been implemented.Design/Approach/Methods:In this study,an analysis framework was developed to investigate the characteristics of CT tools for three PS steps—understand the problem,devise and conduct plans,and look back into textbooks—in four contexts:data practices,modeling and simulation practices,computational tools practices,and systemic thinking practices.Findings:Our results demonstrate the tools(CT)employed in the PS process in CH and CA mathematics textbooks.The strong connections between the“look back”stage and CT tools were explored.During the“look back”stage,both countries required students to transfer their knowledge and perform generalization.In addition,CT is regarded as a basic skill analysis for students in mathematics education and has received significant attention at every stage of the PS process.Originality/Value:This study brings a new perspective to CTresearch in education by regarding CT as a cognitive tool for students in mathematics PS.
