Religion in Our Textbooks [microform] / Franklin Parker
- Bib ID:
- 5494692
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Parker, Franklin
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 11 p.
- Summary:
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As the controversy over religion in the classroom increases, the presence of religious influences and foundations in history has become almost non-existent in textbooks, and classic literature is dropped in favor of reading texts that are "dumbed down" by readability formulas, that avoid anything that might offend influential interest groups, and that strive too hard to be cheerful, patriotic, multiethnic, nonsexist, and noncontroversial. Expressing dismay about the blandness of recent textbooks, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) issued a report that reflected its concern that religious principles were not taught as fundamental to world history. In 1987, the California Board of Education changed its social studies curriculum to include more facts in textbooks religion in history and called for a return of the classics in secondary literature classes. (DJC)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Censorship
- Controversial Issues (Course Content)
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Nineteenth Century Literature
- Religion
- Religious Factors
- Social Studies
- Textbook Content
- Textbook Evaluation
- Textbooks
- United States History
- World History
- Classics (Literature)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Devel California
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1988
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