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Focus in Change, 1992
Textbooks have an enormous influence on the curriculum of schools across the nation. Many issues are taken into consideration when selecting textbooks. Textbooks that present students with a multicultural curriculum are often at the center of debate among school administrators. This journal presents a series of articles based on interviews with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Multicultural Textbooks, Textbook Bias
Mayer, William V., Ed.; Bennetta, William J., Ed. – Bookwatch, 1988
Each issue in this set of newsletters is devoted exclusively to reviews of a science textbook. Each text is reviewed by two scientists and one science educator. Textbooks reviewed by issue are: (1) "Scott, Foresman Biology" (1988); (2) "Heath Life Science" (1987); (3) "Prentice-Hall Biology" (1987); (4) "Scott, Foresman Life Science" (1987); (5)…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Book Reviews, Earth Science
Kuhs, Therese M.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1979
The research reported in this paper identifies the "core curriculum" and "optional curriculum" suggested by widely used textbooks of elementary school mathematics and describes the influence of each on teacher autonomy in selecting the content of instruction. Preliminary analyses suggest that the "core curriculum" is generally consistent with…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Decision Making