Missing and Shrinking Voices: A Critical Analysis of Florida's Textbook Adoption Policy

Authors

Randria Williams, University of South Florida
Vonzell Agosto, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Keywords

textbook, multicultural curriculum

Abstract

This chapter is a critical analysis of the Florida textbook adoption policy and its recent changes. A critical multicultural and critical race theory lens is taken in the analysis of documents for how the representation of ethnic and racial minority groups is reduced and might be enlarged through alternative policy making processes.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Missing and Shrinking Voices: A Critical Analysis of Florida's Textbook Adoption Policy, in H. Hickman & B. J. Porfilio (Eds.), The New Politics of the Textbook: Critical Analysis in the Core Content Areas, Springer, p. 17-39

Scholar Commons Citation

Williams, Randria and Agosto, Vonzell, "Missing and Shrinking Voices: A Critical Analysis of Florida's Textbook Adoption Policy" (2012). Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/12