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The New Politics of the Textbook pp 133–150Cite as

Politics and Science Textbooks

Behind the Curtain of “Objectivity”

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Part of the book series: Constructing Knowledge ((CKCS,volume 2))

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Critical theorists have often described public education as a process that results in a grand form of social control. Noam Chomsky (2000) argued that schools are sites of indoctrination

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  1. Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

    Heather Hickman

  2. Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

    Brad J. Porfilio

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Love, K. (2012). Politics and Science Textbooks. In: Hickman, H., Porfilio, B.J. (eds) The New Politics of the Textbook. Constructing Knowledge, vol 2. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-930-5_7

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