Title: The school textbook : geography, history, and social studies /
Authors: Marsden, W. E.
Publisher: Woburn Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: History Study and teaching (Elementary) Cross-cultural studies.; Geography Study and teaching (Elementary) Cross-cultural studies.; Social sciences Study and teaching (Elementary) Cross-cultural studies.; Textbooks Cross-cultural studies.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Reviewing the American experience -- 3. British historical perspectives -- 4. The British anti-textbook ethos -- 5. Matter: Continuity and change in subject content -- 6. Method: Continuity and change in pedagogical processes -- 7. Mission: Bias, prejudice and stereotyping -- 8. Mission: Nationalism and internationalism: schooling for war and peace -- 9. Mission: propaganda, indoctrination and cencorship -- 10. Choosing and using textbooks -- 11. National curricula, national standards and textbooks.