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Odyssey of a Book: How a Social Studies Text Comes into Being
Edgerton, Ronald B. – Soc Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation
What Textbooks Will Be Like in 1985.
Jantzen, Steven L. – Media and Methods, 1979
Projects a general description of a 1985 Social Studies Textbook that is based on what text publishers are designing at this time; advocates that educators express their needs to publishers before the judgments are final. (MAT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Publishing Industry, Social Studies, Textbook Preparation
The Making of a Textbook
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
And Some Are More Equal Than Others
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Kilpatrick, James J. – American Sociologist, 1976
Charges that Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines for textbooks ought to be denounced as a wilful exercise in intellectual dishonesty, as the company insists that its textbooks depict society, not as it is, but as the publishers would like it to be. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Guidelines, Policy Formation, Publishing Industry
Responses From Jean Baldigo, Mary Jo Deegan, Susan Fernandez, Joan Huber, Marion Kilson, Norma Shepalak, Charles Willie...[to Article by James J. Kilpatrick]
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Baldigo, Jeanne; And Others – American Sociologist, 1976
Several responses to Kilpatricks' article on the Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines governing textbook publication are provided. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Guidelines, Policy Formation, Publishing Industry
Report of the First Meeting of the Ministry of Education and Youth Services (National Board of School Textbooks).
Ministry of Education, New Delhi (India). – 1970
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report concerning the distribution and production of school textbooks in India. All states except Gujarat have nationalized textbook production. While several states have produced more than 150 textbooks through state-controlled efforts, many others have produced only a…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Course Content, Instructional Materials, National Programs