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Direct linkWiley, David; Barr, Elissa – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
Textbooks are often a core element of curricula and delivery of classroom instruction and have long been a source of controversy. The textbook adoption process has become less about content and more about political/cultural pressure. Special-interest groups from the right and left exert enormous influence on textbook content through bias and…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Health Education, Textbooks, Guidelines
