Textbooks in School and Society: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide to Research / Edition 1

by Arthur Woodward, David L. Elliot, Kathleen Carter Nagel

Overview

Textbooks have been standard schoolroom fixtures for as long as most living citizens of this country can remember. Many turn-of-the-century students were introduced to reading through the moralistic McGuffey Readers and struggled through the rather drab and colorless pages of volumes on history, geography and civics. In contrast, today's textbooks contain not only narrative content accompanied by colorful photographs and graphics, but also section and chapter exercises that are extended through the use of worksheets and other materials. Moreover, the textbook and its related student materials are packaged together with teacher's editions and tests in grade-level sets that amount to content area programs rather than mere texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824083908
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/1988
Series:	Garland Bibliographies in Contemporary Education , #6
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arthur Woodward, David L. Elliot and Kathleen Carter Nagel

Table of Contents

Introduction Textbook Producers and Consumers Textbook and School Programs The Production and Marketing of Textboks Evaluation and Criticism of Textbooks General Discussion and Special Topics Subject Matter Content Coverage Ideology and Controversy Author Index Subject Index