Multicultural Analysis of a Popular Basal Reading Series in the International Year of the Child.

Butterfield, Robin A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ210332

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Publication Date: 1979

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Multicultural Analysis of a Popular Basal Reading Series in the International Year of the Child.

Butterfield, Robin A.; And Others

Journal of Negro Education, v48 n3 p382-89 Sum 1979

Includes an historical overview of reading textbooks, a discussion of some procedures used by publishers to eliminate textbook bias, an analysis of a popular Houghton-Mifflin reading series (for grades 1-3), and a proposed statement of the rights of children to unbiased textbooks. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Multicultural Textbooks, Older Adults, Opinions, Publishing Industry, Racial Integration, Racism, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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