Textbook Quality: A Guide to Textbook Standards: 2 (Eckert. Expertise) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3847102249 ISBN 13: 9783847102243

Publisher: Brill Deutschland GmbH, 2013

Synopsis

This book is about textbooks, textbook quality and quality standards of textbooks. From a theoretical point of view, in the light of Bahtin’s theory of speech genres, school textbooks are seen as a specific, complex genre, defined by the addressee. At the same time, this approach requires us to see textbooks as a cultural product. From an educational point of view, textbooks are, according to Vygotsky’s theory of cultural development, a key socio-cultural aid to cognitive development in school years. Forty-three quality standards are operationally defined and explained. They can be used for compiling textbooks, for textbook accreditations, for textbook evaluation and for selection by teachers.

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About the Authors

Ivan Ivic is Full Professor of Developmental Psychology within the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia. He is a leading developmental psychologist and educational expert in Serbia and contributes his expertise to international organisations (OECD, OMEP, UNICEF).

Ana Pešikan is Associate Professor within the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her professional expertise is in educational and developmental psychology.

Slobodanka Anti? is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Serbia. She is the Director of the Education Forum and a consultant for the Serbian strategy for educational development in 2020.

Eckhardt Fuchs ist Direktor des Leibniz-Instituts für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut und Professor für Historische und Vergleichende Bildungsforschung an der TU Braunschweig.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Deutschland GmbH
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847102249
• ISBN 13: 9783847102243
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Prof. Dr. Ivan Ivic