Tyranny of the textbook : an insider exposes how educational materials undermine reforms / Beverlee Jobrack.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.Description: xx, 242 pages ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781442211414 (hardback)
- 1442211415 (hardback)
- 9781442211438 (electronic)
- Textbooks -- United States
- Textbooks -- Publishing -- United States
- Textbook bias -- United States
- Curriculum planning -- United States
- Educational change -- United States
- Education and state -- United States
- Planificación curricular -- Estados Unidos
- Planes de estudio -- Planificación -- Estados Unidos
- Cambio educacional -- Estados Unidos
- Educación y Estado -- Estados Unidos
- Libros de texto
- Libros de texto -- Publicación y distribución
- 371.3
- LB 3047 J62t 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1 : The Most Effective Curriculum Materials Are Rarely Adopted -- Chapter 2 : The Educational Publishing Business and Profit Motive -- Chapter 3 : The Educational Materials Publishing, Players Process, and Priorities -- Chapter 4 : Standards and Testing Don't Increase Student Achievement -- Chapter 5 : Why Technology Hasn't Improved Student Achievement -- Chapter 6 : Why Teacher Education and Professional Development Don't Improve Student Achievement -- Chapter 7 : Rising Above the Plateau.
"In Tyranny of the Textbook, a retired educational director, gives a fascinating look behind-the-scenes of how K-12 textbooks are developed, written, adopted, and sold. Readers will come to understand why all the reform efforts have failed. Most importantly, the author clearly spells out how the system can change so that reforms and standards have a shot at finally being effective"-- Provided by publisher.
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