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| author | Burress, Lee A., Jr. |
| author_facet | Burress, Lee A., Jr. Burress, Lee A., Jr. |
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| contents | The Role of English Teachers and Librarians in Book Selection. Burress, Lee A., Jr. Censorship Educational Practices Educational Research English Departments Library Role Reading Material Selection School Libraries School Surveys Secondary Education Teacher Role Textbook Selection As a result of a joint concern over the issues of book selection and censorhip, the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Association of School Librarians distributed a questionnaire in the spring of 1964 to 1,600 secondary schools, half going to chairpersons of English departments and half to school librarians. Approximately equal numbers of each group responded, with a total of 610 of the questionnaires returned. Of those, 20.3% indicated that the school had received objections to books during the previous year and a half. Data indicated that objections to books or magazines came from a wide variety of sources. More startling was the large number of objections that stemmed from school personnel at all levels; some 42% of objections reported arose in this way. About one-third of teachers' objections, 15% of parents' objections, and 44% of administrators' objections were to the "suitability" of books. The largest single group of specific charges against books resulted from references to sex; only 8% of the objections rested on ideological grounds. It was also found that objections that came from within the school were more likely to result in the removal or restriction of a book than were the objections made by external critics. Evidence suggested that the presence of a policy for book selection did increase the ability to resist censorship. However, book selection practices emphasized stocking school libraries with older rather than more recent titles. (HOD) |
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| publishDate | 1967 |
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| spellingShingle | The Role of English Teachers and Librarians in Book Selection. Burress, Lee A., Jr. Censorship Educational Practices Educational Research English Departments Library Role Reading Material Selection School Libraries School Surveys Secondary Education Teacher Role Textbook Selection The Role of English Teachers and Librarians in Book Selection. Burress, Lee A., Jr. Censorship Educational Practices Educational Research English Departments Library Role Reading Material Selection School Libraries School Surveys Secondary Education Teacher Role Textbook Selection As a result of a joint concern over the issues of book selection and censorhip, the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Association of School Librarians distributed a questionnaire in the spring of 1964 to 1,600 secondary schools, half going to chairpersons of English departments and half to school librarians. Approximately equal numbers of each group responded, with a total of 610 of the questionnaires returned. Of those, 20.3% indicated that the school had received objections to books during the previous year and a half. Data indicated that objections to books or magazines came from a wide variety of sources. More startling was the large number of objections that stemmed from school personnel at all levels; some 42% of objections reported arose in this way. About one-third of teachers' objections, 15% of parents' objections, and 44% of administrators' objections were to the "suitability" of books. The largest single group of specific charges against books resulted from references to sex; only 8% of the objections rested on ideological grounds. It was also found that objections that came from within the school were more likely to result in the removal or restriction of a book than were the objections made by external critics. Evidence suggested that the presence of a policy for book selection did increase the ability to resist censorship. However, book selection practices emphasized stocking school libraries with older rather than more recent titles. (HOD) |
| title | The Role of English Teachers and Librarians in Book Selection. |
| topic | Censorship Educational Practices Educational Research English Departments Library Role Reading Material Selection School Libraries School Surveys Secondary Education Teacher Role Textbook Selection |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED250681 |