The New Politics of the Textbook

Part I. Political, Social and Cultural Influence

1. Textbooks as Mechanisms for Teachers’ Sociopolitical and Pedagogical Alienation
Mary Koutselini

2. Missing and Shrinking Voices
Randria Williams, Vonzell Agosto

3. The Ruling Ideas in the Textbook
Shelley J. Jensen

4. The Competency-based Approach in African Textbooks
Yves Lenoir, Valérie Jean

Part II. Math and Science Education

5. (Re)Presenting Critical Mathematical Thinking Through Sociopolitical Narratives as Mathematics Texts
Michael Fish, Anthony Persaud

6. Science and Mathematics Textbook Progression
Robert Ceglie, Vidal Olivares

7. Politics and Science Textbooks
Kurt Love

8. Beyond the Common Denominator
Travis A. Olson, Noah R. Roderick

9. Green Texts?
Bryan H. Nichols

Part III. English Language Arts Education

10. Muted Voices, Scripted Texts
P. L. Thomas

11. From Textbooks to “Managed Instructional Systems”
John Wesley Thomas

12. How Scripted Programs De-Professionalized the Teaching of Reading
Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards

13. Remembering the Present is the Past Writ Large
Edward D. Janak

Part IV. Social Science and Humanities Education

14. Selecting History
Timothy Lintner, Deborah Macphee

15. Imagining Nation in Romanian History Textbooks
Razvan Sibii

16. Idealizing and Localizing the Presidency
Scott L. Roberts, Brandon M. Butler

17. Throwing out the Textbook
Christopher C. Martell, Erin A. Hashimoto-Martell

18. Choose Carefully
Gabriel A. Reich

19. Afterword
Julie A. Gorlewski

Keywords: Education, Education (general)