From the Margins to the Center: Integrating Multicultural Literature into the Secondary English Curriculum.
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| Title: | From the Margins to the Center: Integrating Multicultural Literature into the Secondary English Curriculum. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burroughs, Robert |
| Source: | Journal of Curriculum and Supervision. Win 1999 14(2):136-155. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Curriculum, English Teachers, High Schools, Integrated Curriculum, Literature, Teacher Attitudes, Textbook Selection |
| ISSN: | 0882-1232 |
| Abstract: | Summarizes a study involving three high school English teachers' efforts to integrate multicultural literature into the curriculum. The analysis, highlighting teachers' concerns and decisional influences, argues that teachers must not only select multicultural texts, but they must change their notions of what counts as a text and how they structure classroom talks about texts. (26 references) (MLH) |
| Entry Date: | 1999 |
| Accession Number: | EJ579342 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Summarizes a study involving three high school English teachers' efforts to integrate multicultural literature into the curriculum. The analysis, highlighting teachers' concerns and decisional influences, argues that teachers must not only select multicultural texts, but they must change their notions of what counts as a text and how they structure classroom talks about texts. (26 references) (MLH) |
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| ISSN: | 0882-1232 |
