Abstract:

Problem Statement:
Our paper proposes a historical approach of the education in Romanian society from the communist regime until nowadays as it is reflected in the schoolbooks.
In every schoolbook there are images, text, additional readings which offer models of how it is good to act or not. Also, these contents make and give the models and the convincers, beliefs, values. Obviously, they are age-appropriate and provide the right message even if the teacher does not intend to focus on them. This is the main reason why we underline the importance of schoolbooks for those who want to promote a certain lifestyle and way of thinking in society.

Purpose of Study:
Our study starts from the premise that the schoolbooks are always an important ideological tool; using schoolbooks in the process of youth education has more lasting effects because of the impact that has on the content of their consciousness and behavior. From this reason, the schoolbooks need to be analyzed from the political intention to the learning strategies.
The paper presents some aspects of how education was been influenced by the political ideology and regime of Romania and how it is reflected in textbooks used in schools. In order to capture these influences, we will analyze some Romanian History schoolbooks

Results of Study:
This approach argues that the communist principles were successful implemented in the educational system using the schoolbooks. Thus, we consider schoolbooks to be an excellent tool for preaching an ideology

Keywords:

Communist education, ideology, human models, educational values and norms.