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Evaluating the Content of Textbooks: Public Interests and Professional Authority.

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Wong, 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