Textbooks for Learning

Robert C. Calfee is Professor of Education at Stanford University. Marilyn J. Chambliss is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• Preface. Foreword.1. Today's Textbooks, Tomorrow's Minds: The Importance of Textbooks.Part I: The Characteristics of Well-Designed Textbooks:.2. Designing the Ideal Text.3. The Design of Curriculum and Instruction.4. Designing the Ideal Textbook.5. Finding the Design in Textbook Materials.Part II: Well Designed Textbook Publishing, State Adoption, and District Selection:.6. Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts.7. Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting and Selecting.Part III: Stepping into the Future:.8. A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support Systems.9. Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators.References.