The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students LearnKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007年12月18日 - 288 頁 If you’re an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy’s night out, Diane Ravitch’s internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary! Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal. |
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... religion . Riverside says that its tests " are designed to avoid language , symbols , gestures , words , phrases , or examples that are generally regarded as sexist , racist , other- wise offensive , inappropriate , or negative towards ...
... religion . Riverside says that its tests " are designed to avoid language , symbols , gestures , words , phrases , or examples that are generally regarded as sexist , racist , other- wise offensive , inappropriate , or negative towards ...
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... Religion Social problems ( such as child abuse , animal abuse , and addiction ) Unemployment Unsafe situations Weapons and violence The guidelines advise that accuracy should be the goal when deal- ing with historical information , but ...
... Religion Social problems ( such as child abuse , animal abuse , and addiction ) Unemployment Unsafe situations Weapons and violence The guidelines advise that accuracy should be the goal when deal- ing with historical information , but ...
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... Religious and political issues must be avoided . Reading passages must not contain even an " incidental reference " to ... religion . In any material about Native Americans , care must be exercised to steer clear of religious traditions ...
... Religious and political issues must be avoided . Reading passages must not contain even an " incidental reference " to ... religion . In any material about Native Americans , care must be exercised to steer clear of religious traditions ...
第 23 頁
... religion . The people who select reading passages for tests are directed to seek out " uplifting topics . " Anything depressing , disgusting , or scary should be eliminated . Many topics are prohibited because testing experts agree that ...
... religion . The people who select reading passages for tests are directed to seek out " uplifting topics . " Anything depressing , disgusting , or scary should be eliminated . Many topics are prohibited because testing experts agree that ...
第 24 頁
... religious right . Many of the banned topics are intended to avert the controversy that might erupt if the test referred to evolution or witchcraft or religion . Spokesmen for the religious right consider any description of behavior they ...
... religious right . Many of the banned topics are intended to avert the controversy that might erupt if the test referred to evolution or witchcraft or religion . Spokesmen for the religious right consider any description of behavior they ...
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