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Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/80445 Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers Wassermann, Johannes Michiel u14167672@tuks.co.za Ismail, Mazeeyah UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria 2020. We have always been told not to judge a book by its cover. However, the cover serves as the porthole into the book’s soul. An attractive book cover creates an appetite and one would want to delve into the book. A cover may not reveal the entire contents of the book but it is through the cover that decisions are made to continue reading a book, purchase a book or simply be turned off due to a dull and boring outer appearance. The centrality of history textbook covers shapes an educational response of teachers and learners alike. It creates meaning for the browser, buyer or reader. The idea of a history textbook cover wrapped in colour, image, typography and minutiae directed my interest towards the interpretations that arise from these elements. Hence, this study was conducted to judge selected Grade 10 History textbook covers. The purpose of this dissertation was to gain an understanding of the conclusions one can draw in a connotative and denotative manner from judging Grade 10 History textbook covers. This qualitative study was informed by the interpretivist paradigm and sought to understand the hidden ideologies and multi-complex meanings that may arise when a historical educational judgement is passed. A purposive sample of five Department of Basic Education (DBE) approved Grade 10 History textbooks were chosen to explore the phenomenon – judgement. Denotation and connotation as branches of iconography served as the key analysing methods and provided an all-encompassing judgement of the covers. Through the application of critical discourse analysis (CDA), nine historically significant discourses manifested and revealed unequal traces of gender, race and class on the covers of the selected history textbooks. These disparities are not entirely what is stipulated in the South African Constitution and CAPS-History curriculum. My study showed how the historical and visual elements seen on the covers have political, social, cultural, commercial and educational forces. These forces direct the historical story to be displayed and further influence the historical intellectual judgement of Grade 10 learners and teachers in the classroom. pt2021 mi2026 Humanities Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2021-06-22T12:29:07Z 2021-06-22T12:29:07Z 2021/04/22 2020 Dissertation Ismail, M 2020, Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80445> A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80445 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title | Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title_full | Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title_fullStr | Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title_short | Judging Grade 10 History textbooks by their covers |
| title_sort | judging grade 10 history textbooks by their covers |
| topic | UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80445 |