Case No 14

Why do we have to share our Books

This case was written by a student in Year 10, 1996, with quotes from teachers from a research project

An Expert Teacher's Use of Textbooks in the Classroom

Very little research into the use of textbooks has been based on observation of teachers using textbooks in classrooms. Most studies have have studied textbook content and the underlying characteristics of textbooks ( Zahorik 1991 ). Some studies ( Zahorik 1991, Laws 1988, Laws and Horsley 1992 ) have sought to reveal factors influencing teacher use of textbooks in teaching through questionaires and interviews with teachers.

Educational Equity? Textbooks in New South Wales Secondary Schools

The study reported in this paper examines the influence of one educational input, the availability of textbooks, on classroom teaching and learning processes. This is just one method of examining educational equity. What remains to be done is to investigate the relationship between teaching style and textbook use and the influence of both of these variables on student achievement.

Teachers, Texts and Curriculum Change

This study was unique in that it identified the resources collected in bookrooms and staffrooms used to support the implementation of a mandatory new syllabus and placed their acquisition and allocation in the wider context of response to curriculum change.