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ERIC Number: EJ602667
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
A Deafening Silence: History Textbooks and the Students Who Read Them.
Paxton, Richard J.
Review of Educational Research, v69 n3 p315-39 Fall 1999
Provides a review and analysis of research targeting the rift separating history written for adults and historical texts aimed at K-12 students. Emphasizes the role of personal agency in historical writing and discusses the relative silence of authorial voices within the discourse of history textbooks. (Contains 120 references.) (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Personal Narratives, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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