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Koops, John Bernard – 1975
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…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1976
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…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Moran, Terence Patrick – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Stoddard, Ann H. – 1975
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…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Duff, Ogle Eloise Burks – 1974
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…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Black Literature, Content Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
White, Sharon Faye – 1972
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…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational Research, Grade 2, Illustrations
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Gilmore, M. Christine – Business Education Forum, 1976
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Content, Disadvantaged Youth, Individual Differences
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McCutcheon, Gail; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1979
Publishers have responded to calls for more minority characters and females in basal readers, but many of the changes appear superficial. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Characterization, Content Analysis
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Chapman, Anne – Social Studies, 1978
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.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism
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Schwartz, Lita Linzer; Isser, Natalie – Social Studies, 1978
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…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Educational History, Elementary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Hoffman, Abraham – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Weiner, Gaby – Educational Research, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Educational Practices, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
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Garcia, Jesus – Social Studies, 1977
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)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, History Instruction, Reading Materials
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Gilbert, Rob – Geographical Education, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Ideology
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Garcia, Jesus; Florez-Tighe, Viola – Equity and Excellence, 1986
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)
Descriptors: American Indians, Basal Reading, Blacks, Cultural Images
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