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Tønsberg: Høgskolen i Vestfold, 2001
Egil Børre Johnsen: Textbooks in the Kaleidoscope.
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Contents

Dedication
Preface
Note to the digital edition
Introduction by Alan C. Purves

I INTRODUCTION
  Background and Objectives
  The Textbook Concept
  Material and Structure

II HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS
  Individual Works/Authors
  Genre Histories
   Anthologies
  History of Particular Subjects
  History of Particular Disciplines
  Disciplines within Mother Tongue Instruction
   Grammar Books
   Writing Skills Books
   Books on Literary History
  Perspectives

III  IDEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TRADITIONS
  Historical Background
   Duisburg
   Braunschweig and the GDR
   The USA
   Recent Trends in other Countries
  The Nation in the Textbooks
   International Textbook Revision
   East and West Germany (the GDR and the FRG)
   The Old Germany
    The United Kingdom
   The USA
   The Nordic Countries
   The Third World
  Political, Social and Cultural Conditions
   Discrimination of Groups
   Democracy and Peace
   Form of Government and World View
  Perspectives
    Ideology, Objectivity and Indoctrination
   Hermeneutic, Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
    New Directions
   Consequences

IV  THE USE OF TEXTBOOKS
  Introduction
  Control
   Considerable Control?
   Little Control?
   The Authority of the Text
   Perspectives
  Accessibility
   Vocabulary and Syntax
   Style and Structure
   New Trends
   The "Reality" of the Text
   Metadiscourse
   Causal Explanations
   Perspectives
  Effects and Effectiveness
   Illustrations
   Effectiveness
   Perspectives

V THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTBOOKS
  Introduction
  Authors
   Authors and publishers
   Textbook Authorship from the Perspective of Fiction
   Perspectives
  Publishers, Authorities, Curricula and Teaching
   Publishers
   Approval
   Approval and the Textbook Concept
   Curricula and Teaching
   Perspectives
  Production and The Market
   Historical Approach
   Technical -Financial Approach
   Political Approach
   Consumer Approach
    Teachers' Background and heir Use of Books
    Teachers' Guides
   Perspectives

VI CONCLUSION
  Summary
  A View of Textbooks
  The Interpretability of Textbooks
  A View of Approaches
  A View of Research Tasks

VII APPENDIX: Registration as a Basis for Analysis
Problems
Sources
Comprehensiveness and Scolarship
Essay Writing
Historical Investigations
  Readers
  Grammar Books
  Anthologies
  Mother Tongue Language and Literature Books
  History and Gepgraphy Books
Investigations of Contemporary Literature
Perspectives

VIII REFERENCES

NAME INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX