Comparative Analysis of Foreign Beginning Readers to Identify Values Emphasized in the Content

Author

Rozeene Lyon, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Advanced Education Programs

Degree Name

Education Specialist (Ed.S)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify and to compare values emphasized in selected foreign readers. Plan of the Study: A total of twenty-three foreign beginning readers representing seventeen foreign countries were analyzed. Readers included in the study were from Ecuador, Bolivia, Guatemala, Panama, Ireland, Liberia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Denmark, Russia, India, and Iran. All were published since 1940 and most were of recent copyright. Content of each reader was summarized, and readers were compared as to values emphasized and degree of emphasis accorded each of these values.

Keywords

Primary education, Reading, Cultural relations, Manners & customs, Curriculum, Students--Foreign

Advisor

Harold Sodamann

Date of Award

Spring 1969

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/NZFR3716

Recommended Citation

Lyon, Rozeene, "Comparative Analysis of Foreign Beginning Readers to Identify Values Emphasized in the Content" (1969). Master's Theses. 1220.
DOI: 10.58809/NZFR3716
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1220

Rights

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