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Main Author: McLaughlin, Pamela, Comp.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED279299
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  • Information Resources on Intellectual Freedom in the Schools. A Selected ERIC Bibliography. McLaughlin, Pamela, Comp. Annotated Bibliographies Censorship Controversial Issues (Course Content) Elementary Secondary Education Freedom of Information Guidelines Information Sources Intellectual Freedom Library Material Selection Opinion Papers Periodicals Social Studies Surveys Use Studies This selected ERIC bibliography lists 12 titles concerned with intellectual freedom in the schools. The items listed include essays, opinion papers, journal articles, studies, proceedings, and survey reports discussing such topics as library material selection; aid from the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF); freedom of expression and values inculcation in school curriculums; an exercise with secondary level social studies students exploring censorship; examining the inconsistencies between public education and democracy; ethical theory and controversial topics; defusing protests against assigned classroom readings; major court cases and decisions involving library censorship and the banning of books; techniques for eliminating censorship in the social studies classroom; the censorship of "Huckleberry Finn"; and a state model for dealing with censorship. The ERIC document (ED) or journal (EJ) number is given for each item, and information on obtaining these items is provided. (DJR)