A review of research and literature in the teaching of writing suggests two divergent forces operating simultaneously. First, the conservative tradition perpetuates the national mania for correctness and reverence for standard English. Second, a wide range of theoretical approaches proliferates through professional journal articles and books. To…

This annotated bibliography summarizes 11 selected publications concerned with the general topic of textbook content and selection. The selections are intended to give practicing educators easy access to the most significant and useful information on school textbooks that is available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). All…

Since critical thinking is given a prominent place in language study, English education should be concerned with analyzing propaganda, not promoting it. In 1937 the Institute for Propaganda Analysis was founded to combat the prolific rise of propaganda in the U.S. Since then many modifications have grown out of the continuing studies of critical…

In this speech, the author examines and traces past and present treatment of minorities in textbooks. The issue of whether textbooks should and do adequately represent the real world of minorities is emphasized. In the past, when publishers either omitted minorities from books or made misleading statements in textbooks about minorities, textbooks…

The purpose of this study was to examine and assess the extent of inclusion or exclusion of works by black American writers in high school literature anthologies published since 1968. It was hypothesized that chronologically, typologically, and thematically organized literature anthologies for high school use are basically exclusive in their…

The subjects were 72 black and 72 white second-grade children, with an equal number of boys and girls in each racial group. Two sets of the same twelve stories from one edition of a basal reader were used, one set featuring illustrations of white characters and the other black characters. Each child was read three story pairs by a white adult and…

Publishers have responded to calls for more minority characters and females in basal readers, but many of the changes appear superficial. (MKM)

Author opposes separatism and wants the fullest possible integration of women into history. Several teaching approaches to women's history are discussed. Compensatory, contributory, corrective, and feminist history are suggested as temporary substitutes for a future history which will be well integrated and written from a non-sexist point of view.…

Explores the influence of textbooks and teaching practices on the self-concept of Chinese, Japanese, and Jewish children during the periods 1880-1920 and 1966-1976. From 1880-1920, Asians were detested and segregated into separate schools in some states. Jews were also considered unassimilable. During the period 1966-76, most textbooks showed only…

Secondary and college level American textbooks should include information about minority groups, particularly Mexican-Americans. Surveys history textbooks with regard to their treatment of the Mexican American minority. For journal availability, see so 506 696. (DB)

The author examines implications for education in Great Britain's Sex Discrimination Act, assesses current educational practices, and reviews research on sex stereotyping in schools, with a look at all levels of education and at textbooks. The conclusion is that sex discrimination is pervasive, and requires positive action. (MF)

A study evaluated the portrayal of white and non-white ethnic groups in selected textbooks. Results show that writers usually describe ethnic groups in neutral terms. However, some writers, in describing ethnic group interaction with white Americans, associate the ethnic groups with more negative than positive terms. (Author/AV)

This article reveals the nature of the images of society in traditional approaches to geographical education and explores the implications of these in terms of the ideology involved. The data include student interviews, geography textbooks, and geography curriculum writings. (Author/JDH)

Basal readers should portray minorities both accurately and idealistically. While publishers seem to have established acceptable percentage levels of minority content in basal series, the overall treatment of minorities remains unbalanced. (LHW)