以口述史研究教科書是臺灣教科書研究懸缺的一環。本研究首先探討如何利用口述史進行教科書研究；其次，採用口述史研究方法，探究臺灣教科書史上未成為正式教科書，卻對語文教學有重要影響的板橋國語實驗教材。研究發現：在歷史長河裡，不同世代的教科書發展，展現不同程度挑戰權威的努力，權威的破除是不同世代持續努力的暫時性結果。實驗教材發展傾向自然模式；它貼近兒童，擴展語文學習的彈性與框架；它勇於創新，議題的選擇突破禁忌，並強調平衡與文學的美感。而實驗教材對人的影響是慢慢的擴散式的影響，至今仍餘波盪漾，也再度印證Pratt（黃銘惇、張慧芝譯，2000）所言--課程發展過程，最明顯的收穫不是成品（教科書），而是重新點燃了參與者的知識與生命。而此，更凸顯口述史作為教科書研究方法不可或缺的路徑。

In Taiwan, there is a paucity of textbook research using the oral history approach. First of all, the present study began with a discussion on how to do textbook research by oral history. Second, the research method of oral history was adopted to discuss the Banqiao Experimental Mandarin Textbooks, which have not become formal textbooks in Taiwan’s textbook history but have had a significant influence on language instruction. The findings of the present study were as follows: In the long course of history, textbook developments in different generations show different levels of efforts to challenge authority, and authority elimination is a temporary result from different generations’ continuous efforts. The development of experimental textbooks has the features of adopting the naturalistic model for curriculum development, which is close to children, expanding the flexibility and framework of language learning, being brave in innovation, breaking the taboo of topic selection and emphasizing balance and literary aesthetics. Experimental textbooks influence people slowly and divergently, which is still taking effect to date and proving what Pratt (1994/2000) said again -In the process of curriculum development, the most significant harvest is not only finishing product (textbook) but also lighting up the participant's knowledge and life. Consequently, oral history as an indispensable textbook research approach was all the more highlighted in the present study.