Textbooks and schooling in the United States / edited by David L. Elliot and Arthur Woodward.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. : NSSE :
Distributed by the University of Chicago Press,
1990.
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| Series: | Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education
89th, pt. 1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Instructional materials in the twentieth century: Textbooks, textbook publishers, and the quality of schooling; Textbooks and the curriculum during the progressive era, 1930-1950; Textbooks and the curriculum in the postwar era, 1950-1980; Textbooks and challenge.
- The textbook industry: Writing and editing textbooks; The small publisher in a national market; Small publishers; The elementary and high school market today.
- Textbooks and society: The politics of textbook publishing, adoption, and use; Textbooks consensus and controversy; Textbook evaluation and selection; Textbook use and teacher professionalism.
- Curriculum and instructional materials in the future: Alternative technologies as textbooks and the social imperatives of educational change; Textbooks, curriculum and school improvement.