TEXTBOOK AS A MEANS OF CREATIVITY DEVELOPMENT OF A STUDENT

The article provides a comparative analysis of primary school textbooks in Poland and Ukraine. Summarizing the results of the analysis of the approaches of different authors, the following functions of the school textbook are singled out: informational, managerial, developmental, communicative, educational, differentiation of learning, individualization of learning. It is established that in modern textbooks of New Ukrainian School (NUS) much attention is paid to: development of logical thinking; activity approach; work with information; development of students' critical thinking; ability to interact and communicate; creativity development. Tasks of a creative origin aimed at organizing the search activities of students and the development of creativity improve the developmental function of textbooks for primary school. One of the key trends is the use of “open” textbooks. It is noted that the “open” textbook promotes the creativity of teachers who become its contributors; in addition, the textbook is enriched with local realities. Key words: textbook, development of creativity, modern Polish primary school, creative potential, New Ukrainian School (NUS), reform.

UCT Open Textbook Journeys

The UCT Open Textbook Journeys monograph tells the stories of 11 academics at the University of Cape Town who embarked on open textbook development initiatives in order to provide their students with more accessible and locally relevant learning materials. Produced by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative, the monograph contributes towards a better understanding of open textbook production by providing details related to authors’ processes and their reflections on their work. The collection aims to provide rich anecdotal evidence about the factors driving open textbook activity and shed light on how to go about conceptualising and producing open textbooks, and to aid the articulation of emerging open textbook production models that advance social justice in higher education.

DEVELOPING ENGLISH TEXTBOOK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BASED BANYUWANGI LOCAL WISDOM IN BANYUWANGI REGENCY

This study aims to develop an English textbook based on Banyuwangi local wisdom. The design used is research and development (R&D) using Borg and Gall models, namely; 1) Preliminary study (define) and design (design); 2) Textbook development (Development); (3) the model testing phase, and 4) Dissemination of implementation (development, validation, and testing) of textbook development results. The collecting data is a qualitative data which is the result of interviews, questionnaires, and document analysis. There were 12 teachers as respondents in two sub-districts in Banyuwangi district, namely Kabat District and Banyuwangi District. Three experts in providing input on the research prototype. The results of this study indicate that the process of developing textbooks includes an introduction in the form of a map of the teacher's need for textbooks based on Banyuwangi local wisdom that most respondents want textbooks. The design stage includes a book draft, and the development stage is the final textbook result. Assessment of the quality of textbooks from the material, presentation, language, and graphics components. The material components got good ratings, good presentation, good language, and good graphics.

Developing EFL religious characters and local wisdom based EFL textbook for Islamic higher education

The development of religious characters and local wisdom in an English textbook is an effort to develop students’ English competence without ignoring their religious values and culture in English communication. The purpose of this current study is to design an EFL teaching textbook based on religious characters and local wisdom that can be appropriately used for Islamic higher education at Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang, Indonesia. Research and Development type was used to design the textbook in four stages, namely, need analysis, designing textbook, try-out, and textbook revision. The observation, questionnaires, and interviews were used to collect the data. The findings revealed that textbook development resulted in eight chapters with the various themes of religious characters and local wisdom. Each chapter consists of English skills including listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. The results of the textbook validations from four English language experts and learners revealed that the score was 3.53 (88.5%) within the interval of 1 to 4 and it is sorted out into a ‘strongly agree’ category. The textbook based on religious characters and local wisdom provides the students with particular challenges to respond or communicate while exploring their local cultures and practices. To find out the effectiveness of that textbook, it is recommended that an experimental study should be conducted by future researchers.