The School Textbook: History, Geography and Social Studies,9780713002218

The School Textbook: History, Geography and Social Studies

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ISBN13: 9780713002218
ISBN10: 0713002212
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2005-10-20
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Author Biography

William E. Marsden is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vi
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction
1(12)
Reviewing the American Experience
13(20)
British Historical Perspectives
33(22)
The British Anti-Textbook Ethos
55(16)
Matter: Continuity and Change in Subject Content
71(22)
Method: Continuity and Change in Pedagogical Processes
93(35)
Mission: (1) Bias, Prejudice and Stereotyping
128(20)
Mission: (2) Nationalism and Internationalism: Schooling for War and Peace
148(19)
Mission: (3) Propaganda, Indoctrination and Censorship
167(23)
Choosing and Using Textbooks
190(25)
National Curricula, National Standards and Textbooks
215(24)
References 239(60)
Index 299

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