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The Palgrave Handbook of Textbook Studies

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Editors:
  1. Eckhardt Fuchs

    1. Georg Eckert Institute - Leibniz-Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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  2. Annekatrin Bock

    1. Georg Eckert Institute - Leibniz-Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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  • Provides a systematic overview to the diverse field of textbook research and its main trends, theoretical concepts, and methodological approaches

  • Stimulates new research areas and offers new methodological avenues to do research on textbooks and other educational media

  • Enables researchers to contextualize their approaches within the field and to engage them in theoretical and methodological discussions

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Eckhardt Fuchs, Annekatrin Bock
    Pages 1-9

  3. History, Theory, and Methods of Textbook Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. History of the School Textbook

      • Steffen Sammler
      Pages 13-23

    3. History of Textbook Research

      • Eckhardt Fuchs, Kathrin Henne
      Pages 25-56

    4. Theories and Methods of Textbook Studies

      • Annekatrin Bock
      Pages 57-70

  4. Textbooks in Their Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Educational Publishers and Educational Publishing

      • Christoph Bläsi
      Pages 73-93

    3. Textbook Authors, Authorship, and Author Function

      • Marcus Otto
      Pages 95-102

    4. Textbooks and Education

      • Eugenia Roldán Vera
      Pages 103-114

    5. Educational Media, Reproduction, and Technology: Towards a Critical Political Economy of Educational Media

      • Thomas Höhne
      Pages 115-125

    6. Ideas and Concepts for Using Textbooks in the Context of Teaching and Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

      • Peter Gautschi
      Pages 127-139

    7. Science and Geography Textbooks in Light of Subject-Specific Education

      • Péter Bagoly-Simó
      Pages 141-155

    8. Textbook Quality Criteria and Evaluation

      • Carl-Christian Fey, Eva Matthes
      Pages 157-167

    9. Materiality and Mediality of Textbooks

      • Felicitas Macgilchrist
      Pages 169-177

  5. Textbooks and Their Contents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. The Nation, Nationhood, and Nationalism in Textbook Research from 1951 to 2017

      • Peter Carrier
      Pages 181-198

    3. Transnational Identities and Values in Textbooks and Curricula

      • Simona Szakács
      Pages 199-214

    4. Regions

      • Stephanie Zloch
      Pages 215-224

    5. Representations of Class, Race, and Gender in Textbooks

      • Linda Chisholm
      Pages 225-237
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About this book

This volume examines the present status and future trends of textbook studies. Cutting-edge essays by leading experts and emerging scholars explore the field’s theories, methodologies, and topics with the goal of generating debate and providing new perspectives. The Georg Eckert Institute’s unique transdisciplinary focus on international textbook research has shaped this handbook, which explores the history of the discipline, the production processes and contexts that influence textbooks, the concepts they incorporate, how this medium itself is received and future trends. The book maps and discusses approaches based in cultural studies as well as in the social and educational sciences in addition to contemporary methodologies used in the field. The book aims to become the central interdisciplinary reference for textbook researchers, students, and educational practitioners. 

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Georg Eckert Institute - Leibniz-Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany

    Eckhardt Fuchs, Annekatrin Bock

About the editors

Eckhardt Fuchs is Director at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany, and Professor of Comparative Education and History of Education at the Technical University of Braunschweig. He has worked in a variety of academic institutions and served as a visiting professor in various countries. His research interests include the global history of modern education, international education policies, and curriculum and textbook development.   


Annekatrin Bock is Deputy Head of the ‘Textbook as Media’ Department at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany. Her research focuses are open education and digital media. She undertook research projects covering areas such as media change, theoretical and methodological aspects of media use, and acquisition of skills and knowledge. She has published on popular media, visual communication, and participant observation. 
  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Textbook Studies

  • Editors: Eckhardt Fuchs, Annekatrin Bock

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53142-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53141-4Published: 05 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53142-1Published: 04 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 432

  • Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership

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