The natural history of a censorship campaign is described and analyzed. Conflict between the fundamentalist preachers and community educators is described within the framework of a mass society interpretation. Special emphasis is given to the emergence in the rural South of immanent conflict between the cosmopolitan ideas transmitted in the…

Discusses pedagogical descriptions in high school textbooks covering Spanish reflexive verb constructions. Points out that these textbooks rarely contain the full reflexive construction displayed with all the grammatical persons and complete English glosses. (17 references) (Author/CK)

Four management textbook authors react to the metaphor of textbooks as propaganda. All write to support managerial ideology and are aware of the market, but believe their role in shaping the field is limited. Includes two responses: "Propaganda, Trusteeship, and Artifact" (Daniel R. Gilbert) and "The Hegemonic Discourse of…

Examines introductory genres and their various realizations, conventionally used to introduce academic books and variously named as "introduction,""preface,""acknowledgement," and "publishers blurb" to investigate their nature, function, and structure within the context of current theory in genre analysis…

Suggests ways of incorporating ethics across the undergraduate public relations curriculum. Reviews current coverage of ethics in public relations principles, writing, cases, and textbooks. Suggests other methods that teachers can use to incorporate ethical pedagogical tools in all public relations courses in an effort to develop students' ethical…

Reviews 25 college reading skills textbooks for their context skills presentations. Provides six suggestions for revising the instruction of contextual skills to college students. (RS)

Describes the lack of disciplinary agreement regarding proposal writing. Proposes a generic structure for proposal writing that includes situation, objectives, methods, qualifications, costs, and benefits. Suggests that major advantages of such a structure include its "slots," which make it like a schema, and its "event…

Content of 10 British primary school history textbooks was analyzed to identify their emphases and approach to the role of women. Although most contained a broad range of types of history, political and military history was favored. Qualitative and quantitative analysis disclosed that all but one presented a very traditional approach to the role…

Details writing problems technical students encounter when they fail to distinguish between model and example and between different kinds of models. Analyzes these problems with reference to inappropriate material in texts. Defines several writing models, and shows how understanding these models gives writers rhetorical flexibility while producing…

Reports the results of an examination of 31 psychology textbooks. Finds texts give definite answers to complex questions. Concludes that instructors must be cautious when using texts. Suggests authors and publishers can police their activities by establishing a standardized format for citing material. Urges teachers to encourage this idea through…

Discussion of memory for text information focuses on an earlier study which appeared to show that it is better for students to study a summary of a textbook chapter than to study the chapter itself. Topics discussed include recognition memory, recall, how to test memory, and psychological research. (10 references) (LRW)

Confusion in German textbooks concerning "weak" and "n-stem" nouns is discussed. Recommendations are made concerning the terminology, presentation, and notation of n-stem nouns and also for restructuring entries in vocabularies and dictionaries to reflect current morphological reality. (Author/LB)

Students in various curricular domains, including science, mathematics, and social studies, may be superficially exposed to vast amounts of material resulting from overstuffed textbooks and an overemphasis on elaboration, interference, and practice. Some elaborations provided by teachers and textbooks may hinder the realization of key educational…

Discusses the increasing availability of law, justice, and legal history as a first-year college course. Explains that the course is an interdisciplinary one, mostly taught by political scientists, sociologists, historians, and lawyers. Reviews available college and law school textbooks that could be used in the course. (SG)

Traces the historical development of the authority of grammar handbooks and their current status as monitors of language. Focuses on the evidence that English speakers use the "singular they" and the "generic he." Interprets current handbooks in terms of their social roles and political constructions. (HB)