Preface.

Foreword.

1. Today's Textbooks, Tomorrow's Minds: The Importance of
Textbooks.

Part I: The Characteristics of Well-Designed
Textbooks:.

2. Designing the Ideal Text.

3. The Design of Curriculum and Instruction.

4. Designing the Ideal Textbook.

5. Finding the Design in Textbook Materials.

Part II: Well Designed Textbook Publishing, State Adoption,
and District Selection:.

6. Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts.

7. Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting and Selecting.

Part III: Stepping into the Future:.

8. A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support
Systems.

9. Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators.

References.

Robert C. Calfee is Professor of Education at Stanford
University.

Marilyn J. Chambliss is Associate Professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of
Maryland, College Park.

M. Chambliss, University of Maryland, College Park; R. Calfee, University of California; Stanford University