Politics and the history curriculum
Subtitle: the struggle over standards in Texas and the nation
By: edited by Keith A. Erekson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781137008930
Subjects: EDUCATION / Curricula; Study and teaching; EDUCATION / History; Textbooks; EDUCATION / General; Social sciences
Description: "The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made national and international headlines. However, much of that coverage was sensational and squeezed the process into a narrow "culture war" storyline. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broader context by exploring the tangled and powerful mixture of politics, religion, media, and education. This volume provides a clear analysis of what happened and why, along with sensible recommendations for teachers and policy makers"--