[Maths-Education] Re: Recent history of textbooks in England?

[John Bibby]

Dear Phillip

Here's a few

http://www.ima.org.uk/viewItem.cfm?cit_id=383096
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2244011

Also, there was quite a campaign in the TES c.2008 by Watwick Mansell and others

I agree - it's quite a pernicious movement. (I have an interesting
story to tell about my experience with Longmans which led to my being
peremptorily dismissed - but that is another story!)

Good luck in your venture!

JOHN




On 11 April 2011 20:50, Phillip Kent <phillip.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have been trying to track down any articles on the recent history
> (say, 1990 onwards) of textbook development in England.
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> We have witnessed the rise and pretty much dominance in mathematics of
> textbooks tied to examination schemes of particular examination boards
> (and I know science is similar, but don't follow other subjects). This
> obviously makes good business for publishers, but was this trend ever
> questioned by those bodies which oversee education in England? On what
> grounds have exam boards and publishers justified this development?
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