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Direct linkMcMahan, Chris – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation develops and estimates a model of switching costs in the market for college textbooks. First, in a theoretical setting, this paper characterizes the professor's adoption decision, which includes a trade-off between time and course quality. The professor faces a time cost when he switches textbooks. This switching cost leads…
Descriptors: Costs, Textbooks, Models, College Faculty
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Download full textChao, Tzu-Chia – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2016
In the context of globalisation, intercultural teaching has been suggested as an objective in English as lingua franca (ELF) education, which has challenged English teachers in acquiring the intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in English language teaching (ELT). However, empirical research exploring the intercultural capabilities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Foreign Workers, Teacher Attitudes
Arnold, David L. – 1989
The study examined the role of the textbook, not as a teaching tool but as an artifact in the professional culture of higher education faculty. The three areas of focus were visibility and review, selection criteria, and scholarly engagement and reward. The study was structured in terms of institutional or professional culture to determine if…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Quality, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education
Ross, Elinor P. – 1989
The process of evaluating and selecting basal readers has long been a primary concern for educators. Educators directly involved with textbook adoptions have expressed several concerns, including: time pressures on evaluators; lack of training for evaluators; concerns related to publishers; and correlations with state or district curriculum.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Models
Edwards, Janine C. – 1981
It is noted that current methods of textbook selection are characterized by subjective judgments and faddish trends. It is felt that rarely in the process of selection are research findings that are available or principles of educational psychology seriously considered. A systematic selection process of entire series of textbooks, based on the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Suh, Bernadyn K. – 1970
A model of social studies textbook analysis and evaluation is developed in this paper and is applied to the analysis and evaluation of the content on Hawaii in selected elementary school social studies textbooks. Innovative methods of content analysis and evaluation of textbook presentations were developed and applied to the subject of Hawaii to…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
