[[{"fid":"2347","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","attributes":{"height":"353","width":"928","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]
KEY TWEETS
- NEW @GEMReport paper shows textbooks fail to deal w/ concepts crucial for sustainable development #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
- .@GEMReport calls on govts to review textbks to ensure they reflect core values for sustainable dev #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
- How are human rights, gender equality, climate change, global citizenship & peace covered in txtbks? #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
- Are your textbooks out of date? Use the new @GEMReport class activity to find out and let us know! #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/mytextbook
What do students learn in school? Govts shld hold workshops on core #SDG values for textbk writers #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
New @GEMRpeort paper contains guidance for govts to use when revising textbook content #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Are your textbooks up-to-date? Hold your govt to account w/ @GEMReport checklist #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/mytextbook
Often governments don’t know just how out of touch their textbooks are #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Human Rights:
From 2000-2011 only 9% of #textbooks discussed rights of people w/ disabilities #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
From 2000-2011 only 3% of #textbooks discussed rights of #LGBT people #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
#HumanRights for all? Yet some textbks show negative portrayals of immigrants &refugees #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Textbook graphics
How are your textbooks teaching about human rights? In Samoa, a crossword is used #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
People living w/disability barely feature in txtbks. This Mexican textbook shows an empowering image #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
Environmental concern:
From 2000-11, environmental issues were discussed in >2x amount of textbooks than between 1970-79. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
From 2000-2011, only 30% of textbooks discussed environmental issues as a global problem #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
We shld all learn how to contribute to environmental protection:See how txtbk frm HongKong does it #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Peace:
Only 10% of textbooks from 2000-2011 explicitly mention conflict prevention or resolution. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
50-72% of secondary txtbks in 16 countries relate Islam/Arab societies to conflict/terrorism #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
Textbook Graphics
A history textbook in #Cyprus shows experiences of both sides of the island to foster tolerance #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
Sri Lanka demonstrates how #textbooks can promote peace by covering conflict resolution #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
Gender:
The % of textbooks mentioning women’s rights increased from 15% in 1946-1969 to 37% in 2000-2011 #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
Many countries still show women in submissive/traditional roles like cleaning/serving men in txtbks #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Textbook Graphics
Mr Thompson's in the garage.Mrs Thompson in the kitchen. What gender norms does ur textbook teach? #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/BtwtheLines(Image)
In a Kenyan primary school social studies txtbk, women’s roles are associated w/ teaching &services #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/BtwtheLines (Image)
Champion! Vietnam is revising its textbooks to better reflect gender equality #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/BtwtheLines (Image)
Global Citizenship:
From 2000-2011, 25% of textbooks mention global citizenship, compared with 13% in the 1980s #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
60% of countries’ textbooks in late 2000s have no mention of activities outside of their borders #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
Textbook Graphics
A civic education textbook in Spain indicates integration of national & global citizenship concepts #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines (Image)
1. Are your textbooks out of date? How are human rights, gender equality, environmental concern, global citizenship and peace represented or omitted? A new @GEM Report Unesco policy paper contains guidance for governments to use when revising textbook content. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
2. New @GEM Report Unesco policy paper calls on governments to urgently revise the content of their textbooks in line with core values in the new UN Sustainable Development Agenda. It calls for these core values to be built into national guidelines used during textbook review, and taught in workshops for textbook writers and illustrators. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines
3. How many pictures of men appear in your textbook? How many pictures of women? What sorts of things are men and women depicted doing? What does that tell you about how men and women should be or act or behave? Take a minute to think about the values that are important to you, and that you would like to see reflected in your textbooks using the checklist we have created. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/mytextbook
New @GEM Report Unesco policy paper calls on governments to urgently revise the content of their textbooks in line with core values in the new UN Sustainable Development Agenda. It calls for these core values to be built into national guidelines used during textbook review, and taught in workshops for textbook writers and illustrators. #BetweentheLines Bit.ly/Btwthelines