Critical analysis of science textbooks

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Reviewed: how textbooks influence science teaching and learning processes

Critical analysis of science textbooks

Myint Swe Khine (ed)

Springer

2013 | 280pp | £90 (HB)

ISBN 9789400741676

Critical analysis of science textbooks enlightens readers about how textbook analysis is a very rich domain to investigate and how textbooks influence science teaching and learning processes. The contributors to this book discuss the challenges and opportunities regarding textbook analysis and present their findings.

Canan Nakiboğlu reviews this text in three parts, and considers how to best use the text as a resource.

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