Textbooks in publications in the teaching research: contributions to analysis and choice

Since the establishment of the National Program of Textbooks (PNLD) it is state school teachers’ task to select textbooks to be used in their schools. However, several case studies related to this theme have pointed out problems in textbook selection process with the suggestion of the need of discussing PNLD in management teaching classes. The present paper has aimed to analyze articles about textbooks in journals and conferences in the field of sciences and physics teaching in Brazil in order to identify data that could help teachers to select textbooks for their learners. Most of the obtained results deal with conceptual aspects and situation diagnoses of textbook analysis, selection and use while there are few propositions and discussions regarding actions that could really contribute to the improvement of these processes