Abstract
Education plays an important role in preparing children to embrace diversity in the society
with particular reference to accepting people with physical disabilities as equal contributors to the growth and
development of the society and a textbook is an effective tool to achieve this objective (Kivirauma & Laitinen,
2014). The main purpose of this research is to study the representation of people with disabilities in the textbooks (text and illustrations) published by provincial and selected private publishers. This study uses content
analysis method to analyze the content of the selected textbooks used at primary school level. Analysis of 58
textbooks (English, Urdu, Sindhi) indicates that people with disabilities are overlooked. Their representation
in these textbooks is not only minimal but they are portrayed as being dependent and unproductive members
of the society. This study highlights the importance of including texts about people with different disabilities and their achievements in school textbooks. The students, teachers, teacher educators and parents will
understand better disability and how able-bodied and differently-able people share a lot together.
Fozia Gulab , Ashar Johnson Khokhar. (2018) Content Analysis of Language Textbooks (English, Urdu, Sindhi) for Inclusivity, Journal of Education & Social Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 1.
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