1st Edition

Reading into Racism Bias in Children's Literature and Learning Materials

By Gillian Klein Copyright 1985
    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in the year 1985, Reading into Racism is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.

    Chapter 1 What is a biased book? Recognition and responses; Chapter 2 Negative bias—does it matter?; Chapter 3 Oh, but you'redifferent; Chapter 4 Issues in fiction; Chapter 5 Issues in World Studies; Chapter 6 Bias in materials in other areas of the curriculum; Chapter 7 The cumulative and the concealed: curriculum implications; Chapter 8 Strategies for combat I: sanitize or sensitize?; Chapter 9 Strategies for combat II: censorship or selection?; Chapter 10 Conclusions: The watershed; Bibliography; Further reading; List of organizationsIndex;Subject index;

    Biography

    Gillian Klein

    `... a useful study for all teachers ... Even readers familiar with much of the recent analyses of bias in print will find this succinct analysis helpful as a guide to self-scrutiny and the careful selection of all forms of teaching materials ... Gillian Klein writes engagingly yet probes deeply. - Times Education Supplement