This article describes ten of what the author considers to be the most important references in the field of literacy education based on their influence on teaching practices and educational theory.

Presents an annotated list of new and new editions of textbooks for writing courses. Categories include: developmental writing (including handbooks, rhetorics, and workbooks); freshman writing; advanced writing (including composition and literature texts and business and technical writing texts); and professional texts. Classifies computer…

The textbooks described in this document are written for or widely used in high school psychology courses. To help teachers decide which books to examine more closely, reviews are provided. Complete price and bibliographic information are included for each text, along with a description of accompanying materials, such as instructor's manuals or…

The UNESCO International Bureau of Education comments on the relationship between national and international education, discusses suggestions for international textbook centers, and lists 14 English-language journals that are sources of information on comparative education. (MKM)

Schoolbooks in use prior to the twentieth century constituted the very heart of school curriculum. The purpose of this publication is to commemorate the nation's bicentennial and to broaden people's educational perspective. This publication examines the evolution of school curriculum by researching and studying old textbooks. Books examined in…

A review of available textbooks and other resources dealing with neo-classical invention, prewriting, tagmemic invention and linguistic theory, the dramatistic method, and invention in speech communication. (DD)

In November, 1982, the pedagogical faculty of the Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia organized a seminar called "Soviet Peace Policy and the Training of Teachers for Peace and International Understanding." At the seminar, all departments of the faculty demonstrated how UNESCO recommendations on education for international…

Provides an overview of multicultural education's goals, methods, and content as represented in 68 English language books published since 1961. Offers recommendations for further development of the field. (JDH)

Contends that readings on social class in the United States are rarely given in college (with textbooks being "particularly weak" in this area). Lists and annotates 11 articles and books that may be given to remedy that situation. (PA)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 154 writing textbooks published or reissued in 1994. Includes sections covering developmental and ESL writing texts, first-year writing texts, advanced writing texts, and professional texts. (HB)

This article presents a survey of textbooks for second-year college Spanish courses published in the last ten years. (CFM)

Reviews picture books published from 1960 through 1980 to determine how they portrayed grandparents. Concludes that older adults are dealt with in many different ways in such books. Provides a list of books appropriate for primary school children that present positive images of grandparents. (FL)

Designed for use in conjunction with Volume I of a trainer's manual, which provides suggestions for planning and implementing workshops to teach high school teachers and other youth-serving adults about the need for and methods of instruction in critical television viewing skills, this booklet (Volume II of the trainer's manual), contains print…

This bibliography provides references to works that analyze children's books and school texts in terms of their racist and sexist content. One hundred eighty books, journal articles, and doctoral dissertations, examining works for children from preschool through adolescent years, are cited. (MK)

Describes how the traditional, agressive male role has been reinforced by social studies textbooks. The author recommends that teachers teach about new roles for males by presenting images of males in caring, nurturing, and expressive roles. (AM)