Abstract:

The paper proposes an approach of the education in Romania during communist regime as it is reflected in the History textbooks.
The political ideology was including in textbooks, especially in the history ones. There are many images, texts, exercises which offer enough examples for students to (non)appreciate what thinks are good for students, what they have to feel, to act or not. More that, students were trained who people ought to be a model for them and who do not be appreciated. Also, these contents transmit to students the convincers, beliefs and values even if the teacher does not intend to focus on them. This is the main reason for understanding the schoolbooks importance promoting a lifestyle and thinking for students.

Using the theoretical research methodology, we underline the communist human model, who was reflected in the History textbooks.

As a conclusion, we demonstrated that the textbooks have been an important ideological tool, having a bigger impact to students’ consciousness and behavior. As a consequence, the schoolbooks need to be analyzed from the political intention to the learning strategies.

Keywords:

Education, communist ideology, human models, textbooks, Romanian school.