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Waller, Robert – 1980
The three papers included in this report address typography for graphic communication, typographic access structures for educational texts, and typography as macropunctuation. The first paper considers the consequences of an aesthetic bias in the literature of typography, and identifies two misleading assumptions about textbooks; i.e., that print…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Graphic Arts, Language Research, Layout (Publications)
Hein, Laura, Ed.; Selden, Mark, Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays focuses on textbook treatments of World War II in Japan, Germany, and the United States and gives readers a new perspective on the creation of national identities and international misunderstandings. Essays in the collection are: (1) "The Lessons of War, Global Power, and Social Change" (Laura Hein; Mark…
Descriptors: Censorship, Citizenship, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries
Download full textZakaluk, Beverly L., Ed.; Samuels, S. Jay, Ed. – 1988
Designed to appeal to students who want a short but up-to-date overview, researchers who are interested in a critical appraisal, and consumers who would like to know what leaders in the field think, this collection of articles highlights the changes that have occurred in readability research from the past to the present and makes predictions about…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Material Development
Hugenberg, Lawrence W., Ed. – 1997
This volume of an annual collection presents nine essays relating to instruction in the basic communication course. The essays are: "Three Metaphors for the Competencies Acquired in the Public Speaking Class" (Michael Osborn); "Perceptions of Basic Communication Texts: Factors in Student Learning and Textbook Adoption…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Students
Altbach, Philip G.; Kelly, Gail P. – 1988
This volume of essays focuses on textbooks in developing nations of the world. Issues of concern are textbook supply in the schools, national policies and their relation to textbook supply and content, the role of national and international agencies in textbook publication and control, and the influence of textbooks on classroom practice. The…
Descriptors: African Studies, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Content Analysis
Direct linkCenter for Religious Freedom, 2006
This appendix is a companion document to "Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance with Excerpts from Saudi Ministry of Education Textbooks for Islamic Studies." The appendix includes selected excerpts in Arabic with English translations for currently-used textbooks in grades 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. These excerpts support the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Muslims, Ideology, Foreign Countries
Foster, Stuart J., Ed.; Crawford, Keith A., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they impart provides an important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Textbook Content, Social Systems
