Research Catalog

Title

Textbooks and schooling in the United States / edited by David L. Elliott and Arthur Woodward.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : NSSE : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Elliott, David L., 1929-
• Woodward, Arthur, 1950-

Description

x, 246 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 0077-5762 ; 89th, pt. 1

Uniform Title

Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education ; 89th, pt. 1.

Subject

• Textbooks > United States
• Textbooks > United States > History
• Textbooks > Publishing > Social aspects > United States
• Educational publishing > United States
• Education
• Education
• education
• Educational publishing
• Textbooks
• Textbooks > Publishing > Social aspects
• Schulbuch
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

ISBN

• 0226601528
• 9780226601526

LCCN

89063573

OCLC

• ocm21488489
• 21488489
• SCSB-8904743

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library