The New Politics of the Textbook : : Critical Analysis in the Core Content Areas / / edited by Heather Hickman, Brad J. Porfilio.

• Superior document: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action, 2
• HerausgeberIn: Hickman, Heather.; Porfilio, Brad J.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed. 2012.
• Language: English
• Series: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action, 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In an era when corporate and political leaders are using their power to control every aspect of the schooling process in North America, there has been surprisingly little research on the impact of textbook content on students. The contributors of this volume and its partner (The New Politics of the Textbook: Problematizing the Portrayal of Marginalized Groups in Textbooks) guide educators, school administrators, academics, and other concerned citizens to unpack the political, social, and cultural influences inherent in the textbooks of core content areas such as math, science, English, and social science. They urge readers to reconsider the role textbooks play in the creation of students’ political, social, and moral development and in perpetuating asymmetrical social and economic relationships, where social actors are bestowed unearned privileges and entitlements based upon their race, gender, sexuality, class, religion and linguistic background. Finally, they suggest ways to resist the hegemony of those texts through critical analyses, critical questioning, and critical pedagogies.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Heather Hickman and Brad J. Porfilio -- Textbooks as Mechanisms for Teacher’s Sociopolitical and Pedagogical Alienation / Mary Koutselini -- Missing and Shrinking Voices / Randria Williams and Vonzell Agosto -- The Ruling Ideas in the Textbook / Shelley J. Jensen -- The Competency-Based Approach in African Textbooks / Yves Lenoir and Valérie Jean -- (Re)presenting Critical Mathematical Thinking through Sociopolitical Narratives as Mathematics Texts / Michael Fish and Anthony Persaud -- Science and Mathematics Textbook Progression / Robert Ceglie and Vidal Olivares -- Politics and Science Textbooks / Kurt Love -- Beyond the Common Denominator / Travis A. Olson and Noah R. Roderick -- Green Texts? / Bryan H. Nichols -- Muted Voices, Scripted Texts / P. L. Thomas -- From Textbooks to “Managed Instructional Systems” / John Wesley White -- How Scripted Programs De-Professionalized the Teaching of Reading / Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards -- Remembering the Present Is the Past Writ Large / Edward A. Janak -- Selecting History / Timothy Lintner and Deborah MacPhee -- Imagining Nation in Romanian History Textbooks / Razvan Sibii -- Idealizing and Localizing the Presidency / Scott L. Roberts and Brandon M. Butler -- Throwing out the Textbook / Christopher C. Martell and Erin A. Hashimoto-Martell -- Choose Carefully / Gabriel A. Reich -- Afterword / Julie A. Gorlewski.