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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED096221 AUTHOR: Dunfee, Maxine, Ed.
TITLE: Eliminating Ethnic Bias in Instructional Materials:
Comment and Bibliography.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 58 p.
AVAILABILITY: Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, 1707 K Street, N. W., Suite 1100, Washington,
D. C. 20007 ($3.25)
ABSTRACT: This is the third edition of a bibliography
prepared in response to concern over inaccurate and
inadequate representation of ethnic groups in instructional
material. It is divided into four sections with commentary
preceding the listings of books and journal articles
pertinent to particular topics. In the first section, A
Rationale for a Pluralistic Society, the commentary traces
historic concerns for Americanizing the citizenry and makes
a plea for recognizing that cultural pluralism is indeed
desirable. Part 2, Evidence of Ethnic Bias in Instructional
Materials, describes and documents the evidence of such
bias. Part 3, Efforts to Change, includes an essay
describing proposed solutions, projects, and programs and
an indicative rather than comprehensive documentation of
such efforts. The fourth part, Resources for Educators,
includes comments on a wide variety of information sources
from bibliographies selected for children to provide
background which will help teachers sharpen their
understanding of our cultural diversity. The fifth and
final section, Evaluation Your Textbooks for Racism,
Sexism, contains a practical guide for evaluation of
instructional materials with reference to racism and
sexism. (JH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Bibliographies-; Educational-Change;
Evaluation-Criteria; Instructional-Materials; Resource
Materials; Selection-; Social-Bias
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bias-; *Cultural-Pluralism; *Ethnic-Bias;
*Ethnic-Stereotypes; *Ethnocentrism-; *Textbook-Bias
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