The Constancy of the School "Canon": A Survey of Texts Used in Grade 10 English Language Arts in 2006 and 1996
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https://doi.org/10.20360/G29882Keywords:
Grade 10 English, teaching materials, text selection, curriculumAbstract
This article reports on a 2006 survey of texts used in Grade 10 English language arts classes in Edmonton, Alberta. The survey uses the same instrument as a previous 1996 survey and provides comparative data from a section of the same pool as participated in 1996. In terms of the most popular titles, there has been very little change during that decade. To Kill a Mockingbird and Romeo and Juliet continue to be the most widely taught texts by a considerable margin. Texts taught in only one class show more variability. Reasons for the striking constancy of the title list are considered.
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2012-01-25
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Mackey, M., Vermeer, L., Storie, D., & DeBlois, E. (2012). The Constancy of the School "Canon": A Survey of Texts Used in Grade 10 English Language Arts in 2006 and 1996. Language and Literacy, 14(1), 26–58. https://doi.org/10.20360/G29882
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