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SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
Hannah Aliyetti
TRUE OR FALSE?
Most publishers are in it just for the money.• True. Some make short term profits that are “safe”
versus others that take more risky routes.
There is a high risk involved in publishing elementary
to secondary texts.• True. $500,000 investment -> 100,000 textbooks
Most states have adopted textbooks to use statewide.• False. California and Texas are two examples that do.
20% of total sales of a particular text.
WHAT FACTORS DO THINK MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO HOW A TEXTB OOK
IS WRIT TEN/PUBLISHED?
IT MAY OR MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU…
Economical
Political
Publishers
money • Textbooks –
necessary for learning and provide a curriculum to follow
ECONOMICAL
In 1980 - $6 billion
entire book industry• $1.5 billion
elementary, secondary, and college
• $1.2 billion encyclopedias, reference, etc.
• $660 million mass market paperbacks
ECONOMICAL
ECONOMICAL
Focus toward intro courses• Provide a general framework and hope it sticks• Make adjustments later if needed• More $$$$$$!
Bad news for publishers:• Only 3 out of 10 books, in general, are profitable
Focus toward states that adopt texts (more
next!)
POLITICAL
State Adoption• U.S. has no government control over real curriculum
content• States can choose to adopt a single text for a class
• Approved by committees/agencies• Limited numbers can be selected for use in schools
What does the state believe?• Creationism vs. evolutionism? – big debate to put in
textbooks
School board vote
Teachers not
normally required to
use• What other tools
do teachers use now?
WHO PICKS THE B OOKS FOR THE SCHOOLS?
AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
TEXTBOOKS?
Heavy, expensive, dull, lack color, etc.
DID YOU KNOW?
55% of college students report most of their
knowledge from starting college was due to
textbooks.
There is a dispute about how and when to include
new research within texts.
There are many ways to save on textbooks: e-
readers, open source textbooks, etc.
E -READERS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM
http://live.wsj.com/video/a-high-school-without-textb
ooks/AED6577F-5846-4214-A00E-B2FF469DC809.ht
ml#!AED6577F-5846-4214-A00E-B2FF469DC809
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
Do you see e-readers/tablets
working or not working within the
public school environment?
What are the pros and cons?
WORKS CITED
Apple, M. W. (2001) Textbook publishing: the
political and economic influences. Theory into
Practice, 28 (4), 282-287.
Stambaugh, J. E. & Trank, C. Q. (2010). Not so
simple: integrating new research into
textbooks. Academy of Management Learning &
Education, 9 (4), 663-681.
WORKS CITED
Apple, M. W. (2001) Textbook publishing: the
political and economic influences. Theory into
Practice, 28 (4), 282-287.
Stambaugh, J. E. & Trank, C. Q. (2010). Not so
simple: integrating new research into
textbooks. Academy of Management Learning &
Education, 9 (4), 663-681.