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The New Politics of the Textbook

Critical Analysis in the Core Content Areas

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Heather Hickman

    1. Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

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  2. Brad J. Porfilio

    1. Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action (CKCS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Political, Social and Cultural Influence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Textbooks as Mechanisms for Teachers’ Sociopolitical and Pedagogical Alienation

      • Mary Koutselini
      Pages 3-16

    3. Missing and Shrinking Voices

      • Randria Williams, Vonzell Agosto
      Pages 17-39

    4. The Ruling Ideas in the Textbook

      • Shelley J. Jensen
      Pages 41-64

    5. The Competency-based Approach in African Textbooks

      • Yves Lenoir, Valérie Jean
      Pages 65-85

  3. Math and Science Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. (Re)Presenting Critical Mathematical Thinking Through Sociopolitical Narratives as Mathematics Texts

      • Michael Fish, Anthony Persaud
      Pages 89-110

    3. Science and Mathematics Textbook Progression

      • Robert Ceglie, Vidal Olivares
      Pages 111-131

    4. Politics and Science Textbooks

      • Kurt Love
      Pages 133-150

    5. Beyond the Common Denominator

      • Travis A. Olson, Noah R. Roderick
      Pages 151-162

    6. Green Texts?

      • Bryan H. Nichols
      Pages 163-175

  4. English Language Arts Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Muted Voices, Scripted Texts

      • P. L. Thomas
      Pages 179-192

    3. From Textbooks to “Managed Instructional Systems”

      • John Wesley Thomas
      Pages 193-212

    4. How Scripted Programs De-Professionalized the Teaching of Reading

      • Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards
      Pages 213-230

    5. Remembering the Present is the Past Writ Large

      • Edward D. Janak
      Pages 231-245

  5. Social Science and Humanities Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Selecting History

      • Timothy Lintner, Deborah Macphee
      Pages 259-270

    3. Imagining Nation in Romanian History Textbooks

      • Razvan Sibii
      Pages 271-286
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In an era when corporate and political leaders are using their power to control every aspect of the schooling process in North America, there has been surprisingly little research on the impact of textbook content on students. The contributors of this volume and its partner (The New Politics of the Textbook: Problematizing the Portrayal of Marginalized Groups in Textbooks) guide educators, school administrators, academics, and other concerned citizens to unpack the political, social, and cultural influences inherent in the textbooks of core content areas such as math, science, English, and social science. They urge readers to reconsider the role textbooks play in the creation of students’ political, social, and moral development and in perpetuating asymmetrical social and economic relationships, where social actors are bestowed unearned privileges and entitlements based upon their race, gender, sexuality, class, religion and linguistic background. Finally, they suggest ways to resist the hegemony of those texts through critical analyses, critical questioning, and critical pedagogies.

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  • Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

    Heather Hickman, Brad J. Porfilio

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