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Download full textKetcham, Allen F.; Rossman, Joseph E., Jr. – 1988
The 66th and 67th Texas legislatures mandated that an economics course with an emphasis on the free enterprise system and its benefits be a required course for all students graduating from Texas high schools. This paper presents an analysis of the 1982-1988 textbooks adopted for that course. The key concepts evaluated were: definition of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1987
The Texas Education Agency has developed this guide to assist members of local textbook committees who are responsible for studying and selecting textbooks and learning systems for use in Texas school districts. The State Board of Education has approved all the listed textbooks, but it does not recommend specific books. Rather, general criteria…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Peer reviewedSalvucci, Linda K. – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses coverage of Mexican history and Mexican Americans in 10 U.S. history textbooks approved for use in Texas. Criticizes the lack of complete information, ethnocentricity, and failure to present the Mexican point of view. Argues that U.S. history courses should cover topics of Mexican history, including Spanish colonialism, the Texas…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnocentrism, Majority Attitudes
Peer reviewedWong, Sandra L. – Sociology of Education, 1991
Examines the institutional power of Texas's state textbook selection committee. Studies the relationship between selection of educational content and social and professional interests. Finds that centralized adoption provides citizens and interest groups input, but that technical and pragmatic priorities tend to dominate selection decisions. (NL)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Educational Sociology
Marshall, John D. – 1986
This dissertation determines how state-level textbook decisions were made in Texas during the period 1969-81. A combination of primary document, survey, and oral history data is employed to reveal actions of participants in three decision groups and their interactions with textbook publishers and petitioners during phases of three textbook…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Research, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Sewall, Gilbert T., Ed. – Social Studies Review, 1992
This documents consists of 12 issues of a journal that seeks to provide information and reviews concerning social studies textbooks; each issue consists of 16 pages. Contents in the 12 issues include: (1) California control over textbook content; (2) "skills" teaching in elementary-level social studies texts; (3) readability formulas;…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
