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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James A. LaSpinaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780805827019ISBN 10: 0805827013 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 01 April 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Contents: Introduction: Turning a Textbook Controversy on Its Head. Social Studies for the 21st Century. When Images Meet Words. Making the Beautiful Book. A Beautiful Book or ""Considerate"" Text. A Different Model of Reading. History as Our Best Guess. A Window in the Text. Face-to-Face or Interface: Social Studies in Cyberspace."Reviews"""...this is a thought-provoking book, and the questions it rises merit careful consideration and further research attention."" —British Journal of Educational Psychology ""The first book I know of that tries to show the transition from the modern to the postmodern textbook. The basic idea of going at how the computer is transforming the textbook and our modes of literacy is very interesting and important."" —Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. University of Miami ""...Interesting on several levels. The [Houghton Mifflin K-8 social studies textbook series] around which the author wraps his book has generated a good deal of drama....LaSpina recognizes these aspects of the text's publication and selection in California and the subsequent controversy, then shifts the reader's focus away from the politics of publication to the 'visual turn' of the text....A one-of-a-kind book..."" —Linda S. Levstik University of Kentucky" ...this is a thought-provoking book, and the questions it rises merit careful consideration and further research attention. -British Journal of Educational Psychology The first book I know of that tries to show the transition from the modern to the postmodern textbook. The basic idea of going at how the computer is transforming the textbook and our modes of literacy is very interesting and important. -Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. University of Miami ...Interesting on several levels. The [Houghton Mifflin K-8 social studies textbook series] around which the author wraps his book has generated a good deal of drama....LaSpina recognizes these aspects of the text's publication and selection in California and the subsequent controversy, then shifts the reader's focus away from the politics of publication to the 'visual turn' of the text....A one-of-a-kind book... -Linda S. Levstik University of Kentucky Author InformationLaSpina, James A. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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