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Peer reviewedJones, Ron – Contemporary Education, 1975
This is a true story about how a group of teachers, parents, kids, and friends wrote and distributed their own textbook. (RC)
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Publications, Textbooks
Welch, Earl E. – Nat Elem Princ, 1970
Closet drama illustrating how the desire for mass commercial acceptability may cause a stimulating and informative textbook to end up in an editor's wastebasket. (DE)
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Publications
Edgerton, Ronald B. – Soc Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation
Bragdon, Henry Wilkinson – Soc Educ, 1969
Article adapted from a talk to the Connecticut Council for Social Studies on May 3, 1968.
Descriptors: History Textbooks, Social Studies, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content
Peer reviewedKadushin, Charles – Change, 1979
Managed texts are written and designed by a team of writers and researchers under the direction and control of a publishing house. How these books got started, what needs they meet, their advantages and disadvantages, and the consequences they are having on college text publishing are addressed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Authors, Editing, Higher Education, Merchandising
Alexander, Albert – Soc Educ, 1969
Descriptors: History Textbooks, Social Studies, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content
Bowler, Mike – Learning, 1978
Publishers of textbooks are subject to pressure from public opinion and regional bias as well as criticism from teachers and boards of education. (JD)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Publishing Industry, Social Attitudes, Textbook Content
Peer reviewedBroudy, Eric – Teachers College Record, 1975
This article looks at why educational publishers produce materials for children with a limited regard for children's interests. (CD)
Descriptors: Authors, Editing, Instructional Materials, Marketing
