Textbooks for Learning

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-55786-411-6
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

This book is one of the most comprehensive texts discussing the design, selection and adoption of expository textbooks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chambliss, Marilynn

Calfee, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Foreword.

1. Today's Textbooks, Tomorrow's Minds: The Importance of Textbooks.

Part I: The Characteristics of Well-Designed Textbooks:.

2. Designing the Ideal Text.

3. The Design of Curriculum and Instruction.

4. Designing the Ideal Textbook.

5. Finding the Design in Textbook Materials.

Part II: Well Designed Textbook Publishing, State Adoption, and District Selection:.

6. Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts.

7. Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting and Selecting.

Part III: Stepping into the Future:.

8. A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support Systems.

9. Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators.

References.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. Calfee is Professor of Education at Stanford University.
Marilyn J. Chambliss is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park.