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Hsiang, Tien Ping; Graham, Steve; Liu, Xinghua; Zhou, Ziyu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Textbooks are the primary materials for teaching in the Greater China Region, including the teaching of Chinese as a second language. This qualitative study examined how two teachers of first to fifth grade students in an international school in Macao selected, used, and adapted textbooks to teach Chinese to non-native Chinese speakers. It also…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Textbook Selection, Chinese, Second Language Instruction
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Julia Kaufman; Sy Doan – State Education Standard, 2024
High-quality K-12 instructional materials can meaningfully improve teaching practice and student achievement, especially when paired with professional learning support. Yet state policymakers have usually left ultimate authority for textbook selection to school district leaders. Consequently, the quality of materials across U.S. classrooms and…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, State Government, Government Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Jane A. Core Yatzeck – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teachers make decisions about which resources to use in their classrooms daily, including text selection for read-aloud. This impacts students in classrooms nationwide, as these decisions validate some voices and marginalize others. This study used the Q-methodology in a concurrent mixed-methods design to explore what beliefs influence…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Decision Making
Julianna V. Lux – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study sought to understand the influences of teaching experience on perceptions of autonomy and competence on 7th through 12th grade English language arts teachers' text selection decisions through a survey and interviews. The findings of this explanatory sequential design survey study could affirm…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Language Arts, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Silver, Daniel – Review of Educational Research, 2022
The vast majority of U.S. teachers supplement their officially adopted curriculum materials with unofficial materials. Despite this, the body of supplementation-relevant literature tends not to focus on supplementation specifically, so lacks cohesion, and sometimes fails to capture all aspects the phenomenon. I systematically review…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Shared Resources and Services, Decision Making