Abstract (eng)
The present diploma thesis investigates the content-related offers on the topic of identity and colonialism in current school books of the 3rd grade AHS-lower level or new middle school. Text and images are examined according to Mayring's qualitative content analysis. For this purpose, analysis categories are defined that structure and divide the material. Above all, modules 2 (encounters between the self and the unfamiliar) and 8 (identities) of the school books are examined. This is followed by a merging of the textbook contents and a comparison with approaches to the identity and colonialism of postcolonial studies. To date, these have hardly found their way into pedagogical discourse, although they have the potential for approaches critical of racism and an expanded understanding of global learning. The analysis of the school books showed, that postcolonial ways of thinking can only be found to a limited extent.