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The Selective Tradition in Action: Gender Bias in Student Teachers' Selections of Children's Literature.
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Luke, Allan; And Others – English Education, 1986
Reports on a study intended to discover the criteria for selecting children's literature and textbooks. Concludes that the teachers' choices were sexist because selected stories were resolved through male agency. (SRT)
Descriptors: Censorship, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Educational Research
English Teachers and Professional Reading.
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Burhans, Clinton S., Jr. – English Education, 1985
Reports the findings of a survey of 141 teachers that investigated whether public school teachers of subjects involving reading, writing, and literature read contemporary materials in these fields. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Occupational Surveys
The Language of Print.
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Stansell, John C. – English Education, 1981
Reports evidence that some students have reading problems because of instructional emphasis on reading as "exact word reproduction," or of student tendencies to focus too keenly on word-attack skills. (RL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Processing, Learning Problems, Miscue Analysis
Locally Sponsored Staff Development for English Teachers: A Survey of Methods and Results.
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Dillworth, Collett B., Jr. – English Education, 1980
Methodology and results of a survey on the amount of time devoted to locally sponsored inservice teacher education pertinent to English and language arts, the features of these programs, and their effectiveness are reported. (HTH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Faculty Development