Studied ignorance : how curricular censorship and textbook selection are dumbing down American education /

Despite concerted efforts from our educators, administrators, and government, American education continues to struggle. The author of this work argues that the decline can be traced to censored curricula, inaccurate textbooks, test-driven evaluations, and increasing poverty among the student populat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foerstel, Herbert N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013.
Temas:
Textbooks > United States.
Publishers and publishing > United States.
Education > United States.
Organization & management of education.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Education
Publishers and publishing
Textbooks
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Textbook wars
  • The law and curricular censorship
  • Writing and publishing textbooks
  • Adopting and teaching bad textbooks
  • The crumbling core curriculum
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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