The Content Analysis Of The Multicultural Theme Of The Chinese Textbook For Primary Education

In the 21 st century global society,multiculturalism has profoundly affected the life of school education and teaching,how to carry out multicultural education in schools has become an urgent concern of the people of all countries.Multiculturalism is more concerned with political prejudice and recessive values ??in textbooks,which can break the monopoly of knowledge and cultural silence,and require us to practice in the classroom teaching to implement the transformation of hidden courses.Focusing on the microcosm of the subject of Chinese language,the language is affecting the students in the way of "no trace and exhaustion".The primary school stage is the stage of students' multicultural consciousness,and the multicultural education has the function of enlightenment and foundation.This study explores the similarities and differences between the contents of the multicultural theme of primary school textbooks and the implicit prejudices,and selects the ethnic / ethnic groups(ethnic groups),gender,state,class,speciality / non-speciality of Banks(JA),Select the text of the textbooks to the sixth grade,a total of 12 volumes of 444 text as a research object,the use of content analysis of the six parts of the subject to study.The study found that the first,the text of the textbooks of the text of the dominant race / ethnic theme to students familiar with the "black hair,yellow skin",the success of shaping the racial identity,and the use of neutral,positive and negative view of white;The ethnic theme is dominated by ethnic minorities,emphasizing the diversity of ethnic groups,and the cultural exchange between Han and ethnic minorities,resulting in "hatching" of ethnic relations.Second,the gender theme of quantitative analysis shows that the proportion of men and women similar,but the text part of the two disparity,textbooks still show male view;reflect the "male superiority","male strong women","male masculine feminine" "male dominated female herd" And other stereotypes,and then under the patriarchal system under the unequal structure,while passing the traditional gender role point of view,the lack of multiple gender characteristics presented.Thirdly,the textbooks of the People's Republic of China show the developed countries(regions)geography or culture,and even the negative images of the "devils" and "robbers" show the developed countries(regions)The textbook chose the natural scenery of the developing countries(regions),but on the other hand the selection of more reflects the dominant national ideology,the sidehighlights the international image of China.Fourth,the textbooks are widely referred to belong to the dominant class of clothing supplies,leisure activities,urban construction,occupation,with a neutral or positive description of the way,showing a positive image of the dominant class,shaping the cultural capital and high grade,System "related content;depicting the activities of the disadvantaged,professional and rural characteristics,more positive neutrality,etc.,but also revealed for the disadvantaged class stereotypes.Fifth,in the topic of particularity,most of the textbooks are arranged in a "non-specific" point of view to organize the content of the organization,in a small amount of "special" point of view of the theme of voice,despite the courageous optimism completely packed with an exciting model,But still regarded as "the other",is the need for poor compassion of the object,implied"inferior" ability bias.In general,the textbooks of primary school textbooks begin to pay attention to racial and ethnic(ethnic)diversity,and gradually begin gender equality,showing the developing countries(regions)and developed countries(regions)customs,concerned about the disadvantaged and care for physical and mental retardation,To strengthen the breadth of multicultural education.At present,the textbooks are mainly described in a conservative multicultural attitude,and a few liberal or compound multiculturalist views,and there are stereotypes,omitted,unbalanced,unrealistic,fragmented,etc.bias.This study gives a number of suggestions from the diversification of the mainstream and non-mainstream discussion,the diversity of multicultural groups,and the improvement of teacher 's critical and reflective ability.