Debating Migration in Textbooks and Classrooms in Austria

Author(s)

Christiane Hintermann, Christa Markom, Heidi Weinhäupl, Sanda Üllen

Abstract

This article examines how the topics of migration, cultural diversity, and discrimination are depicted in current Austrian school textbooks and how they are discussed and perceived by pupils of diff erent age groups attending diff erent types of schools. The discussion concentrates on three main issues: the representation of migration as problematic; the use, critical or otherwise, of specifi c terms; and whether the history of migration to and from Austria is represented and perceived as part of a common Austrian history. Alongside the fi ndings of the textbook analysis, we show how the involvement of pupils in textbook and migration research can contribute to the production of scientifi c knowledge in this area.

Organisation(s)

Department of Geography and Regional Research, Department for Teacher Education, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Journal

Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society

Volume

6

Pages

79-106

No. of pages

28

ISSN

2041-6938

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3167/jemms.2014.060105

Publication date

2014

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

503013 Subject didactics of natural sciences, 503025 School pedagogy, 504007 Empirical social research, 504008 Ethnography

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fbb1176d-d9c4-4ed2-a701-9174f5424600