Can Social Studies Textbooks Have Scholarly Integrity?.

English, Raymond

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Publication Date: 1986

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Can Social Studies Textbooks Have Scholarly Integrity?

English, Raymond

Social Education, v50 n1 p46,48 Jan 1986

Integrity in the search for truth is not the aim of the textbook business. Pressures are put on publishers by various political groups. The result is monotonous, bland, glossy, vapid textbooks. The system is largely to blame. Choice and competition must be brought into the textbook business. (RM)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences, Social Studies, Textbook Publication, Textbook Standards

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Language: English

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