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Gauld, Colin – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1997
For most students textbooks are the main source of their information about scientific concepts; however, there are a number of errors which frequently appear in textbooks and are consequently transmitted to both teachers and students. Some of these errors which may represent widespread misconceptions of teachers are outlined. (Author)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Information Sources, Misconceptions
Kobayashi, Victor N. And Others. – Today's Education: Social Studies Edition, 1981
Summarizes results of a cooperative international analysis of social studies texts by the United States/Japan Study Group. The project found books from each country tended to justify their own country's actions while consistently oversimplifying conditions in the other. Teaching strategies to counteract textbook biases are included. (AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, International Relations, Nationalism, Secondary Education

Whiteside, Custer – Action in Teacher Education, 1986
A six-step method was used to evaluate and revise a computer literacy course for preservice teachers at Kansas State University. Sex equity concepts were integrated into all aspects of the course as a means of influencing attitudes and behavior. (MT)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Course Content, Course Objectives, Higher Education

Schutt, Russell K. – Teaching Sociology, 1987
Notes the central role and ultimate importance of the undergraduate, research methods textbook within sociology. Reviews nine new textbooks, and reveals substantial variation in coverage and approach. The review is based on the degree to which the texts address eight important goals for the undergraduate research course. (JDH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Balancing Linguistic and Social Needs: Evaluating Texts Using a Critical Language Awareness Approach
Case, Rod E.; Ndura, Elavie; Righettini, Marielena – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2005
English as a second language (ESL) content-based texts are often evaluated for their presentation of sound second-language teaching practices. While such reviews are important and valuable, they ignore an examination of the race, class, and gender issues introduced in the texts. A critical perspective on textbook evaluation organized around the…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction

Aikenhead, Glen – Theory into Practice, 1992
Outlines features and characteristics of science-technology-society (STS) science textbooks needed to implement an STS curriculum, noting STS science requires a fundamentally different approach to teaching science. The article refers to an STS science textbook currently being implemented in the tenth grade. (SM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Holistic Approach