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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1980
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED199716 |
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Table of Contents:
- Forty Targets of the Textbook Protesters. Jenkinson, Edward B. Academic Freedom Attitude Change Attitudes Censorship Controversial Issues (Course Content) Humanism Humanistic Education Humanities Instructional Materials Literature Moral Values Textbook Evaluation Textbook Selection This paper gives a brief history of the Reverend Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority campaign against humanism in public school education. The document describes the successful textbook evaluation strategies of Mel and Norma Gabler of Texas, on which Dr. Falwell relies heavily, and lists 20 organizations protesting textbooks, library books, and reference books, along with 40 subjects which they oppose. Among the 40 targets of protest are sociology, anthropology, the humanities, world history that mentions the United Nations, black literature, profanity, violence, human development programs, and assignments that lead to self-awareness and self-understanding and help students make value judgments. The document concludes with a discussion of some oversights by teachers that have helped to foster censorship attitudes and some strategies for countering these attitudes. (HTH)