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Direct linkGreig, Christopher J.; Holloway, Susan M. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students' beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their relationship toward the world. In light of this, the importance of literature selection cannot be overstated. School-sanctioned texts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers, Librarians
Peer reviewedGambell, Trevor J. – English Quarterly, 1986
Provides various definitions of censorship; describes a case of censorship in New Brunswick, Canada; explains what happens to materials that have been challenged; and provides a challenged materials policy and a list of books that have been challenged in Canada. (SRT)
Descriptors: Censorship, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Download full textGambell, Trevor J. – 1986
Focusing on literature and the teaching of literature, this monograph presents and discusses salient issues, inviting the reader to participate in the dialogue. The first section following the introduction presents reasons for teaching literature and discusses the types, quality, and selection of literature, as well as literature and values. The…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Canadian Literature, Censorship, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedGambell, Trevor J. – English Quarterly, 1986
Discusses the teachers' and the students' roles in the selection of literature to be taught, developing a selection policy, the place of the classics in literature curriculum, and the connection between literature and values education. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Aesthetic Values, Censorship, Childrens Literature
