Satanic Portals and Sex-Saturated Books: Parent Complaints about English Texts in NSW Protestant Schools

Autor/in	Hastie, David
Titel	Satanic Portals and Sex-Saturated Books: Parent Complaints about English Texts in NSW Protestant Schools
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 49 (2014) 1, S.63-71 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Censorship; Textbooks; Religious Education; Sexuality; Religious Factors; Protestants; Teacher Surveys; Interviews; English Teachers; High Schools; Secondary School Teachers; Textbook Content; Private Schools; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elternverhalten; Politische Zensur; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Sexualität; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; High school; Oberschule; Lehrbuchtext; Private school; Privatschule; Australien
Abstract	Exploring Australian school text censorship has a long pedigree in "English in Australia." This article aims to contribute by observing attempts by parents to censor English texts in religious schools. A brief summary of "EIA"'s previous approaches is followed by an explanation of the method of my research with NSW Protestant and NSW state school teachers. A review of the published history of Australian parental school text "complaints" (also termed "challenges") then precedes a quantification of the impacts of parental challenges. Challenge reasons are then collated for both sectors. The higher prevalence of complaints about sexual content and depictions of the supernatural in Protestant schools is examined, and some inferences made about the perceptions of parents: their views about text, reading mechanics, spirituality and educational power. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10