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Irwin, Armond J. – VocEd, 1982
Points to remember in getting a textbook published are examined: book idea, publisher's sales representatives, letter of inquiry, qualifications for authorship, author information form, idea proposal, reviews, marketing and sales, publishing agreement, author royalties, and copyright assignment. (CT)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Marketing, Publishing Industry, Textbook Preparation
Bray, Judith L.; Armstrong, Jane – 1986
In the fall of 1984, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Secretary of Education's Discretionary Fund to identify alternative state roles for improving instructional materials in mathematics. To help state leaders define an appropriate and effective role in upgrading these materials, ECS proposed first to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Surveys, Teaching Methods
Ficklen, Ellen – Humanities, 1989
Examines the impact of the new California History Social Science Framework on the development of new textbooks. Provides an outline of this K-12 framework and discusses the question of whether the program will falter if textbook development is not adequate. (KO)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Trends

Muther, Connie – Educational Leadership, 1985
Presents information on textbook design and marketing practices, and their consequences for textbook content; recommends that selection committees firmly define the role of the textbook in curriculum, and adapt published materials to their school system's unique requirements. (MCG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Marketing

Babchuk, Nicholas; Keith, Bruce – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Reports on the scholarly content of four widely adopted introductory college sociology textbooks and the scholarly activity of their respective authors. Finds that, although all used a wide variety of source materials, there were substantial differences in source selection. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Authors, Higher Education, Scholarly Journals

Altbach, Philip G. – Chinese University Education Journal, 1989
Describes the process of textbook development and production. Notes that textbook production has become a multinational business, and that textbooks used in developing nations are frequently produced elsewhere and may reflect foreign values. Emphasizes that major academic systems located in industrialized nations dominate research on education and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Organizations
Young, M. Jean; Riegeluth, Charles M. – 1988
This booklet addresses the question of what is wrong with textbooks and then shows how textbooks can be improved through the selection process. A conceptual scheme is proposed as the basis of the selection process. Specific attributes and features to look for when selecting textbooks, based on this conceptual scheme, are discussed. Five categories…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation

Tani, Masaru; And Others – Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study trip by 13 U.S. social studies educators and publishers to Japan. Compares development, marketing, and selection of textbooks in the United States and Japan. Concludes that both nations should improve textbooks and textbook selection processes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship

McFadden, Charles P. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Discusses relationships among teachers, curriculum package authors, and publishers. Describes the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project's reform efforts. Recommends that curriculum development projects include: (1) lengthy informal development; (2) combined testing of design and materials; (3) the withholding of contracts until materials are in…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Curriculum Development, Educational Research

Flynn, Barbara – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Refutes the claim that textbooks are responsible for educational difficulties. States that textbooks are a reflection of what teachers want. Provides a behind the scenes look at textbook production. Points out the problems created by the lack of a national curriculum and the textbook policies of state adoption committees. (RW)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, High Schools
Tyson-Bernstein, Harriet – 1988
Many feel that textbooks dominate what students learn. They set the curriculum and often the facts learned in most subjects. For many students, textbooks are their first and sometimes only early exposure to books and to reading. The public regards textbooks as authoritative, accurate and necessary and many teachers rely on them to organize lessons…
Descriptors: Books, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Renz, Peter L. – 1984
Written from the perspective of a textbook editor, this paper reviews the limitations on curricular reform in mathematics. In the first section, an argument is presented that the style and manner of the presentation of educational materials are more important than the content presented. This section also raises objections to the current push to…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Development

Exline, Joseph D., Ed. – Science Activities, 1989
The production of science textbooks and the processes whereby both producers and consumers can work to improve them are described. Included are discussions of selection at the state level and a publishers perspective, and six textbook experiments at different levels from different publishers. (CW)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools, Science Activities
Armstrong, Jane; Bray, Judy – 1986
This document addresses the complex issues surrounding the production, selection, and use of textbooks in the context of the current educational reform movement. The first section discusses the need for textbook reform, examining the problems associated with their content, presentation, and supplementary materials. The second section discusses the…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria

Smith, R. S. – American Sociologist, 1995
Utilizes citation analysis to examine issues of author attribution in academic scholarship. Although widely credited to W. I. Thomas, the "Thomas Theorem" appears in a book written in collaboration with Dorothy Swaine Thomas. Citations routinely ignored Dorothy Thomas's contribution until the 1970s, when gender issues became prevalent.…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Educational History, Faculty Publishing, Females
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