The WorldViews comments on textbook excerpts are intended to provide clarification and scholarly interpretation of specific sources, thus enabling a more detailed explication and interpretation of, for example, texts, graphics, maps, and pictures. The comments are written according to academic standards and contain precise information about the source material. For example, the structure of the textbook is assessed, longer textbook extracts are summarised and annotated and the historical context or the key topics of the text are discussed.

The essays contained in WorldViews in turn explain, compare, and interpret several excerpts from schoolbooks with regard to overarching research questions.