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Beattie, Nicholas – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1981
The author examines reasons why, historically and currently, a great deal of controversy in Italian education focuses on the provision of textbooks. He discusses such issues as single national textbooks, participation in selection, effects on teaching methods, provision of class libraries, and the requirement that parents pay for textbooks. (SJL)
Descriptors: Centralization, Conflict, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education