Garland Bibliographies in Contemporary Education – serie

The problem of substance abuse has continued to escalate over the last 20 years, as as evidenced by all available prevailing's data on substance abuse these data demonstrate A continued need for research in the field of substance abuse and specifically in the field of prevention. This volume focuses on education and offers a retrospective of the publications and research conducted in this field. This tool will be of assistance to teachers, administrators, supervisors, curriculum planners, and school boards as well as psychologists, counsellors, medical personnel, parents, youth agency workers, and others interested in prevention services and their development. An important feature of this research tool is the commingling of the fields of education and prevention for the mutual goal of the enhancement a programme development.

Textbooks have been standard schoolroom fixtures for as long as most living citizens of this country can remember. Many turn-of-the-century students were introduced to reading through the moralistic McGuffey Readers and struggled through the rather drab and colorless pages of volumes on history, geography and civics. In contrast, today's textbooks contain not only narrative content accompanied by colorful photographs and graphics, but also section and chapter exercises that are extended through the use of worksheets and other materials. Moreover, the textbook and its related student materials are packaged together with teacher's editions and tests in grade-level sets that amount to content area programs rather than mere texts.

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.