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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Handbook Structure; Part I: History, Theory, and Methods of Textbook Research; Part II: Textbooks in Their Contexts; Part III: Textbooks and Their Contents; Part IV: Textbook Use, Effects, and Practices; New Directions; Part I: History, Theory, and Methods of Textbook Research; Chapter 2: History of the School Textbook; Introduction; Research on the History of Textbooks; Etymological Roots and Conceptual Development; Political Definition and Control of Textbook Production
Developing a Canon of KnowledgeBecoming a Book Explicitly Written for Classroom Education; Artistic Design and Technical Developments in Textbook Production; Regards Croisés: The Textbook as a Product of Cultural Encounter; The Textbook and New Approaches to Media and Education; References; Chapter 3: History of Textbook Research; A Short Introduction to the Topic; The Origins of Textbook Research; Minorities and Gender; National Identities, Europeanisation, and Transnational Perspectives; Impact and Reception Research; Didactic Textbook Research; Quality and Use; Textbook Production
ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: Theories and Methods of Textbook Studies; Topics and Research Questions as Starting Points for Theories and Methods; Oh Theory, Where Art Thou?; Work on (a) Theory of the Textbook; Work on the Transfer of Existing Theories to Textbook Research; Work on Terminology as a Basis for Theorising the Textbook; General Thoughts on Textbook Theory; Methodological Approaches to Textbook Studies; What Next?; References; Part II: Textbooks in Their Contexts; Chapter 5: Educational Publishers and Educational Publishing; Introduction
Insights on Educational Media from a Variety of DisciplinesProduction of Educational Material; Educational Publishing Houses and the Publishing Industry; Educational Publishing and Content Control; New Models Through Digitalisation; Educational Publishing in Developing Countries; How Do They Know? Methods and Theories Used to Obtain These Insights; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Textbook Authors, Authorship, and Author Function; Introduction: The Concept of the Author, Authorship, and Author Function in Relation to Textbooks
A Survey of Current Discipline-Based, Theoretical, and Methodological Approaches Taken by Research on Textbook AuthorsRemapping the Field: Textbook Authors in Networks of Textbook and Discourse Production; References; Chapter 7: Textbooks and Education; Historical Research into Textbooks in Educational Contexts; Current Trends; Theories of Textbook in Educational Contexts; Cultural Politics; Neo-Institutionalism; Grammar of Schooling; Actor-Network Theory; Conclusions; References
Developing a Canon of KnowledgeBecoming a Book Explicitly Written for Classroom Education; Artistic Design and Technical Developments in Textbook Production; Regards Croisés: The Textbook as a Product of Cultural Encounter; The Textbook and New Approaches to Media and Education; References; Chapter 3: History of Textbook Research; A Short Introduction to the Topic; The Origins of Textbook Research; Minorities and Gender; National Identities, Europeanisation, and Transnational Perspectives; Impact and Reception Research; Didactic Textbook Research; Quality and Use; Textbook Production
ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: Theories and Methods of Textbook Studies; Topics and Research Questions as Starting Points for Theories and Methods; Oh Theory, Where Art Thou?; Work on (a) Theory of the Textbook; Work on the Transfer of Existing Theories to Textbook Research; Work on Terminology as a Basis for Theorising the Textbook; General Thoughts on Textbook Theory; Methodological Approaches to Textbook Studies; What Next?; References; Part II: Textbooks in Their Contexts; Chapter 5: Educational Publishers and Educational Publishing; Introduction
Insights on Educational Media from a Variety of DisciplinesProduction of Educational Material; Educational Publishing Houses and the Publishing Industry; Educational Publishing and Content Control; New Models Through Digitalisation; Educational Publishing in Developing Countries; How Do They Know? Methods and Theories Used to Obtain These Insights; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Textbook Authors, Authorship, and Author Function; Introduction: The Concept of the Author, Authorship, and Author Function in Relation to Textbooks
A Survey of Current Discipline-Based, Theoretical, and Methodological Approaches Taken by Research on Textbook AuthorsRemapping the Field: Textbook Authors in Networks of Textbook and Discourse Production; References; Chapter 7: Textbooks and Education; Historical Research into Textbooks in Educational Contexts; Current Trends; Theories of Textbook in Educational Contexts; Cultural Politics; Neo-Institutionalism; Grammar of Schooling; Actor-Network Theory; Conclusions; References