Characteristics and evolution of high school textbooks of mathematics in Basque: 1970 – 2005

Abstract

The books analyzed correspond to the publishers: Anaya-Haritza, Edelvives- Ibaizabal and Elhuyar. Textbooks in Basque have evolved, especially in the following: in the format and the resources used in their production; the Basque language used in textbooks has tended towards a rapid standardization; to be textbooks with very few illustrations to use a rich graphical language; its market share has increased making that within 20 years Basque texts have become the same quality as those published in Spanish.