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…

Cognitive style models describe individual differences in information-processing, or methods for deriving meaning from the world. Each style is theoretically value-free; each is valid and has strengths or weaknesses depending upon its context. However, this value freedom has been threatened in two ways. First, while cognitive style has been…

Presents resources for teaching about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outlines criteria for selecting biographies for children and young adults. Identifies problems in certain biographies of King, and recommends high quality biographies of King. Discusses exercises for integrating themes from King's life into the classroom. (RW)

Reviews adolescent literature about China to find a newer, more positive, and less ideologically biased approach to the Chinese and their culture. It includes a bibliography of 25 titles. (RAA)

This book on sex role stereotyping in the schools is divided into two parts. Part One concerns the school and the classroom, and addresses such topics as sexist language, biased textbooks, educational guidance, sex roles, politics, athletics, the counselor's challenge, and the curriculum. Part Two concerns the school and the community, and…

Potential sources of invalidity relevant to evaluation approaches are identified, described, and categorized. The evaluation focus covered is the determination of a program's worth, not the determination of the presence of cause-and-effect relationships. Concern has been expressed by evaluators about the presence and effect of biases and their…

This ERIC/ChESS column presents a variety of resources to help educators find new ways to reduce prejudice. Included are three ERIC documents which cover (1) how to reduce prejudice in the social studies classroom, (2) research on prejudice reduction, and (3) preventing institutional racism and sexism. (JDH)

An Indiana state-funded Vocational Education Information research survey of secondary students on the selection of non-traditional career choices demonstrated the need for materials to aid educators in implementing the survey's recommendations. It recommended improving sex equity in career choices and classroom materials, increasing awareness of…

This paper focuses on the literature related to the formation of stereotypical racial attitudes in children and then organizes and reviews strategies for modification and prevention of such stereotypes. Racial attitudes of preschool and early school age Anglo, Black, and Chicano children towards themselves and each other are included. A brief…

An annotated bibliography on sexism and education covers societal sexism; sexism in schools; communicating more positive notions of sex roles to children; sexism in textbooks; curriculum ideas; lists of resources, research and workshop formats; and legal aspects of sexism in education. (MLW)

This bibliography represents the second in a series of three dealing with employment of homosexuals, to be published by the Ontario Ministry of Labour Library. All asterisked titles in the series deal with the employment problems of and discrimination against homosexuals. This bibliography of reading materials concerned with homosexuality and…

Emancipatory pedagogy refers to a process of teaching that aims to free the teacher and the student from the mental restrictions imposed by the mainstream culture on the way they perceive things. Cited here are sources of practical ways in which classroom teachers can explore emancipatory pedagogy. (RM)

Provides a list of print and audiovisual instructional materials which may be used to teach about prejudice in elementary and secondary schools. Price and other ordering information are included. (JDH)

Provides an annotated bibliography of 12 fiction works and 6 nonfiction works (published between 1976 and 1994) that deal with the themes of prejudice, discrimination, and intolerance of others. Suggests methods of how these works may be used in conjunction with films. (PA)

This annotated bibliography lists 29 documents which evaluate industry/business-sponsored free or inexpensive materials for the elementary schools. The majority of items listed are articles from periodicals although some books are included; with few exceptions, all were published in the 1970s. The bibliography is organized into three groups: those…