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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 5
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Buster Bunny as a Teaching Tool: A Lesson from the Controversy over an Animated Rabbit
Campos, David
Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, v4 n2 p93-97 2007
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Spellings admonished PBS for having produced an episode of "Postcards from Buster" because it included children with lesbian parents. A college professor describes how this incident and children's literature was a learning opportunity for future teachers.
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Parents, Homosexuality, Parent Influence, Consciousness Raising, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Cartoons, Life Style, Teacher Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Reading Material Selection
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Language: English
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