Teachers' Curricular Decision Making in Response to a New Social Studies Textbook.

Kon, Jane Heckley

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ERIC Number: EJ509207

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Teachers' Curricular Decision Making in Response to a New Social Studies Textbook.

Kon, Jane Heckley

Theory and Research in Social Education, v23 n2 p121-46 Spr 1995

Reports on a study of how seven fifth-grade teachers organized their social studies curriculum following the adoption of a new textbook. Finds that teaching styles were more varied than might be expected given the similarity of materials. Discusses three observed teaching styles. (CFR)

Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Response, Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection, Textbooks

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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