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Download full textIllinois Univ., Urbana. Center for the Study of Reading. – 1990
A series of nine booklets was developed to help members of textbook adoption committees, teacher educators, inservice leaders, and policymakers gather information, develop evaluation guidelines, and organize their findings as they select new reading programs and evaluate existing ones. Each booklet focuses on a specific aspect of instruction.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
Braham, Randolph L., Ed. – 1987
This book presents an overview of the treatment of the Holocaust in the textbooks used in the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, and the United States. Selection of these three countries was based on historical, political, and state administration criteria. All three countries are democratic but vary in terms of history, heritage, and…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Bias, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, James E., Ed. – 1979
In response to a need voiced by a number of English teachers for new materials that discuss the censorship problems of the 1970s, this book presents articles that analyze the current climate regarding censorship, define the issues and pressures that surround the subject, and suggest ways to handle censorship when the problem arises within the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Washington, DC. – 1975
Concerned with the freedom to teach and learn, this document offers guideline procedures for avoiding censorship disputes and for dealing with controversies which surround these issues. The experience and advice of several superintendents, principals, librarians, teachers, and curriculum workers who have recently been involved in textbook…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Community Problems, Conflict Resolution
Hatcher, Thomas C., Ed.; Erickson, Lawrence G., Ed. – 1979
The articles in this monograph address issues educators face in selecting and adopting reading textbooks for use in a pluralistic society. Part one deals with the educational and sociological parameters of reading material selection. Michele M. Fomalont comments on the historical perspectives of material selection and then relates this to present…
Descriptors: Authors, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Cultural Influences
Parker, Franklin – 1975
Divided into three main sections, this monograph about the Kanawha County textbook controversy deals with lessons drawn from that conflict. In answering the question of what happened, the author begins with events that predated any outward signs of dissent, such as the phasing out of the citizen advisory committee on textbook selection, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Civil Disobedience
Tom, Alan – 1977
The paper is designed to aid social studies educators and teachers in selecting curriculum materials. It is presented in three sections. Section I outlines problems involved in choosing among curricula. These problems include similarity of traditional social studies textbooks; recent proliferation of innovative curricula which have not been…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Classification, Content Analysis, Course Content
