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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第 8 頁
... bias and sensitivity reviewers work with assumptions that have the inevitable effect of stripping away everything that is potentially thought - provoking and colorful from the texts that children encounter . These assumptions narrow ...
... bias and sensitivity reviewers work with assumptions that have the inevitable effect of stripping away everything that is potentially thought - provoking and colorful from the texts that children encounter . These assumptions narrow ...
第 9 頁
... bias and sensitivity panelists opposed the passage for two reasons : first , it used the term African slave , and second , it stated that Spanish and Portuguese explorers defeated native tribes . To the NAGB reading committee , these ...
... bias and sensitivity panelists opposed the passage for two reasons : first , it used the term African slave , and second , it stated that Spanish and Portuguese explorers defeated native tribes . To the NAGB reading committee , these ...
第 10 頁
... bias and sensitivity panel involved a true story about a heroic young blind man who hiked to the top of Mount McKinley , the highest peak in North America . The story described the dangers of hiking up an icy mountain trail , espe ...
... bias and sensitivity panel involved a true story about a heroic young blind man who hiked to the top of Mount McKinley , the highest peak in North America . The story described the dangers of hiking up an icy mountain trail , espe ...
第 11 頁
... bias and sensitivity panel concluded that this story celebrating a blind athlete's achievements and his heroism was ... bias , it is considered biased to acknowledge that lack of sight is a disability . GENDER BIAS IN A FABLE OF AESOP ...
... bias and sensitivity panel concluded that this story celebrating a blind athlete's achievements and his heroism was ... bias , it is considered biased to acknowledge that lack of sight is a disability . GENDER BIAS IN A FABLE OF AESOP ...
第 15 頁
... bias and sensitivity . Was the passage biased against arrogant and jealous kings ? Were they afraid that children would be upset to read about a king who yelled and screamed at an underling ? THE EVEN EXCHANGE This story came from a ...
... bias and sensitivity . Was the passage biased against arrogant and jealous kings ? Were they afraid that children would be upset to read about a king who yelled and screamed at an underling ? THE EVEN EXCHANGE This story came from a ...
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