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American Education, 10/e
Joel Spring

Textbooks, Curriculum, Internet E-Learing, and Instruction

Learning Objectives

Following the completion of this chapter:

The learner will be able to discuss how content in textbooks is selected.

The learner will be able to describe the political nature of knowledge and to discuss the ways that state standards influence and shape the curriculum.

The learner will be able to identify and discuss the educational philosophies that have impacted school curriculum.

The learner will be able to identify and describe the issues involved in the use of e-learning and the Internet in the classroom.

The learner will be able to explain the educational philosophy of critical pedagogy and how it affects classroom instruction.