In this manuscript, we recognize that young children learn stories that propagate white supremacist narratives through selective traditions of early childhood curriculum. The role of early childhood teachers, therefore, is to critically examine curriculum for biases, omissions, and distortions, as well as to rewrite curriculum to tell accurate…

Despite posing challenges for teachers and students in English-medium instruction (EMI) contexts, materials are a relatively under-researched area of EMI. Our preliminary study takes a humanistic perspective to examine the extent of English-language material use, and faculty and student perceptions of materials used for EMI in Japan and China.…

This research critically examines the multifaceted role of English as a foreign language (EFL) coursebooks beyond mere language learning objectives. Specifically, the study focuses on how these coursebooks often project universal cultural values that, though seemingly bland, can perpetuate power dynamics leading to various forms of inequality.…

Six commonly used basal readers were examined to determine how the aged were depicted. The results indicated that although the aged were shown in a positive manner, rarely were they the main characters of the stories and rarely were their personalities fully portrayed. (Author)

Article focused on providing curricula which allow as wide a choice of adult roles for children as possible. (Author/RK)

Examines nine past, present, and future approaches to the study of minorities in American literature. (SW)

Criticizes attitudes and prescriptions of the Council on Interracial Books for Children as expressed in its "Guidelines for Selecting Bias Free Textbooks and Storybooks" and teaching materials developed through Project EMBER (Equity Models for Basal Readers). Holds that the Council holds political biases while purporting to be neutral.…

Many corporations and vested interest groups prepare free or inexpensive educational materials for the schools. The authors present guidelines teachers can use to screen such material for objectivity, accuracy, appropriateness, and feasibility. (SJL)

Some educational materials produced by industry are among the best available. (DS)

The problem of sex bias in textbooks, particularly at the elementary level, is treated in this report. Sexism is defined and discussed in relation to the current women's movement. Research findings, as well as examples taken from various texts, indicate sex stereotyping and discrimination in instructional materials. A list of available remedies…

The analyses of 31 social studies materials are based on the way the developers have dealt with the intents of the products, the organization of the contents of the products, the methodology for the use of each product, and the means of evaluation of learning that each product provides. (Author)

Considered recent changes occuring in educational programs that have previously allowed sex discrimination. Listed Federal moves designed to eliminate sexism. (Author/RK)

Using selected lessons from the textbooks "Learning English" (Klett) and "English for Today" (Schrodel-Lensing) for the beginner's level, it is shown that modern-oriented texts, critical of content and having an emancipated outlook, are not presented at all, or only in the beginning. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Presents a review of BIOLOGY: A SEARCH FOR ORDER IN COMPLEXITY, a textbook designed for high school students and produced under the sponsorship of the Creation Research Society. (PB)