Add to ORKGIn September 1980, the Council on Interracial Books for Children was funded by the Women\u27s Educational Equity Act (WEEA) to develop prototypes of third- and fifth-grade textbooks for teaching reading. The project was designed by Lyla Hoffman of the Council, who was interested in providing children with models of social change agents and in developing antisexist and antiracist materials to replace the much-criticized current readers. My research in reading comprehension and the effects of stereotypic thinking on the ability to develop meaning from stories contributed to the rationale for the project. This is a report of beginnings
This action research project explores how the use of representational children’s literature in an el...
This qualitative study explores the transactions that occur among teachers, students, and children\u...
Classroom teachers have long employed children’s literature in the classroom. Exposure to children’s...
In September 1980, the Council on Interracial Books for Children was funded by the Women\u27s Educat...
Presented at the Diversity Research Symposium 2014: From Research to Action conference at Ball State...
Children’s books from around the world have often provided a more favorable description of the group...
This study examines the ways in which black females are under served in United StatesPublic Schools....
We are a group of fifth and sixth graders in a Woman\u27s Role Group at East Hill School in Ithaca, ...
Schools in the United States continue to dramatically under-educate students with marginalized ident...
Gender stereotypes pervade children’s literature. This action research project sought to alter stere...
Project (M.A., Education (Behavioral Sciences Gender Equity Studies))--California State University, ...
In April 1977, at a conference on children\u27s literature at Columbia University, an editor from a ...
In addition to market forces, unconsciously damaging trends in many textbooks for teacher education ...
SEXISM IN SCHOOL AND SOCIETY by Nancy Frazier and Myra Sadker (Harper and Row, New York, 1973: paper...
ABSTRACT Educational inequality and racial injustice are serious challenges that educators continue ...
This action research project explores how the use of representational children’s literature in an el...
This qualitative study explores the transactions that occur among teachers, students, and children\u...
Classroom teachers have long employed children’s literature in the classroom. Exposure to children’s...
In September 1980, the Council on Interracial Books for Children was funded by the Women\u27s Educat...
Presented at the Diversity Research Symposium 2014: From Research to Action conference at Ball State...
Children’s books from around the world have often provided a more favorable description of the group...
This study examines the ways in which black females are under served in United StatesPublic Schools....
We are a group of fifth and sixth graders in a Woman\u27s Role Group at East Hill School in Ithaca, ...
Schools in the United States continue to dramatically under-educate students with marginalized ident...
Gender stereotypes pervade children’s literature. This action research project sought to alter stere...
Project (M.A., Education (Behavioral Sciences Gender Equity Studies))--California State University, ...
In April 1977, at a conference on children\u27s literature at Columbia University, an editor from a ...
In addition to market forces, unconsciously damaging trends in many textbooks for teacher education ...
SEXISM IN SCHOOL AND SOCIETY by Nancy Frazier and Myra Sadker (Harper and Row, New York, 1973: paper...
ABSTRACT Educational inequality and racial injustice are serious challenges that educators continue ...
This action research project explores how the use of representational children’s literature in an el...
This qualitative study explores the transactions that occur among teachers, students, and children\u...
Classroom teachers have long employed children’s literature in the classroom. Exposure to children’s...