Education Textbooks Research Articles

Patriotism in moral education: Toward a rational approach in China

ABSTRACT Patriotism is controversial in moral education across contexts. In China, patriotism is highly politicised by the government and heavily promoted in education. In the last few decades, the moralisation of patriotism, which refers here to the framing of patriotism as a virtue, has become the focus of teaching patriotism in China. This paper demonstrates how patriotism is moralised and promoted in Chinese moral education textbooks. The paper begins by providing a theoretical introduction to patriotism in moral education and defending a rational approach to teaching patriotism given its controversial nature. Then it elaborates on the Chinese context of teaching patriotism and analyses patriotism as part of moral education in Chinese textbooks. Our findings indicate various ways in which patriotism is promoted in Chinese education as a non-controversial virtue and moral duty. Finally, the paper discusses the limitations of this way of teaching patriotism and argues for the adoption of the rational approach as an alternative.

Scientist, enlightener, innovator... (to the 100th anniversary of the birth of N. M. Shansky)

The paper concerns the centenary of M. N. Shansky’s birth and provides a brief overview of those aspects of the scholar’s scientific and creative activity which he was involved in as an initiator of traditions and an innovator. For instance, he authored the first higher education textbook "Phraseology of Modern Russian". Moreover, the structure and content of the textbook "Lexicology of Modern Russian" became models for the authors of other vocabulary textbooks for many decades. The popular science genre of "history of words" targeted at teachers and schoolchildren was developed in N. M. Shansky’s papers and books. The popularisation of the genre in the pages of the "Russian Language at School" journal (N. M. Shansky was its editor-in-chief for over 40 years) made the "history of words" an integral part of the Russian language teaching process. N. M. Shansky played a significant role in the development of Russian phraseology and phraseography. He not only created an expanded, in comparison with V. V. Vinogradov’s, typology of phraseological units of the Russian language, but also authored and co-authored many phraseological dictionaries, including the first etymological dictionary of Russian phraseological units. N. M. Shansky also occupied a special place in the history of Russian lexicography: he authored and co-authored a host of Russian language dictionaries, including the multi-volume "Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language", and several typologically new dictionaries. Moreover, as the author of the lexicography section in a textbook on lexicology, he laid the foundations for the tradition of typologic al characterisation of Russian dictionaries. The content of his essays about dictionaries is also valuable. I prove this thesis in more detail using N. M. Shansky’s essay on the "Shakhmatov’s" academic dictionary of the Russian language. This paper attempts not only to comprehensively characterise the legacy of N. M. Shansky as a lexicologist, phraseologist, lexicographer, and methodologist, but also to emphasise his innovation and the invaluable contribution he made to the development of national science and education.

Pengembangan Buku Teks Berbasis Budaya Lokal (Lego-Lego) Sebagai Sumber Belajar IPS Untuk Pengutan Pendidikan Karakter Siswa di Sekolah Dasar

Indonesia is experiencing a crisis of love for the nation influenced by the lifestyle and culture of western nations who enter Indonesia. The key to this crisis lies in human resources. For this reason, it is necessary to improve the quality of human resources through the formation of national character. The occurrence of conflicts in Alor Regency is mostly caused by minor problems, which is due to the unfavorable character of the community. Efforts to prevent all forms of horizontal conflict that occur in society through local cultural values as a strengthening of character education in the life of the Alor community. One is the Lego-Lego culture. Lego is a social capital that has been inherited by the ancestors of the Alor community. The lego-lego dance contains a very deep meaning through the values implied in poetry or rhymes which are not only useful for fellow people in an effort to strengthen relationships between individuals, build unifying values, form community character, and the government. In relation to the need for teaching materials in the form of text books based on culture and local wisdom in Alor, it is necessary to study the development of local culture and wisdom, namely Lego-lego as social studies learning resources to improve student character education. This study uses a development method with a Four-D model consisting Define, Design, Develop and Disseminate with data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires and interviews. Data analysis was carried out descriptively qualitatively and quantitatively. The results of the study indicate that textbook teaching materials are very significant in improving students' abilities and forming student character through social studies learning in elementary schools related to local culture of Lego-lego.

An animated textbook of creative stories of pitta nympha integrated with filial piety and gratitude

Meaningful animated stories can bring readers the correct values, enhance their knowledge, and have the correct guiding role of social moral feelings. Pitta nympha, a rare and attractive protected bird, was used as the theme in this study, and animation software was used to draw the characters and plot effects. This study created a textbook for animation technology courses and provided it to schools as a textbook for homeland and natural education, which has been recognized by teachers and students. The results show that animated education can strengthen students’ cognition of animal conservation and guide students to think about the importance of animal conservation, thus, inducing their behaviors of animal conservation. Moreover, animations can enrich students’ knowledge structure and stimulate emotions, including filial piety and gratitude. Guiding the development of the true, the good, and the beautiful, the contents of this multi-culture media presentation can also be printed as paper-based picture textbooks for educational purposes

Researcher of Interdisciplinity and Scientific Synthesis of Ukrainian Studies (To the 85th Anniversary of Yaroslav Kalakura)

The article analyzes the life path and creative works of the famous Ukrainian studies scholar, historiographer, source researcher, archivist, doctor of historical sciences, professor, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, Yaroslav Kalakura, who celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday this year. The contribution of the scientist to various directions of Ukrainian studies is highlighted, in particular, in the development of theoretical and methodological foundations as well as conceptual and terminological tools of Ukrainian studies, problems of historical source studies, special historical disciplines, archival studies and archival management, in the creation of a number of educational textbooks and manuals.It is shown that Ya. Kalakura was one of those who at the dawn of the restoration of Ukrainian independence in the 90s of the 20th century understood the importance for our Motherland of Ukrainian studies – an integrative system of scientific knowledge about Ukraine, Ukrainians and world Ukrainians in space and time. The level of fruitful cooperation of Ya. Kalakura with the Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies was clarified, the works of the scientist on the key problems of history, theory and methodology of Ukrainian studies, his interdisciplinary connection with historical science and other fields of knowledge were analyzed. The conceptual views of Ya. Kalakura in a number of topical works on the civilizational, sociocultural and anthropological history of Ukraine created with his participation are singled out. The role of the scientist in countering anti-Ukrainian forces, primarily the Russian Federation, denying the identity of the Ukrainian people as a state-political and ethno-cultural reality, attempts to enlist the arguments of history to legitimize and justify the occupation and genocidal war against Ukraine, with the help of weapons to return it to the so-called "great historical Russia" and "Russian world" is revealed.

THE EFFECTS OF INFOGRAPHICS ON ENHANCING LANGUAGE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND MOTIVATION IN A JAPANESE EFL CONTEXT

The existent research details pedagogical benefits of infographics in enhancing communication, comprehension, learning, and motivation, while more research on the potential educational benefits of using infographics is needed regarding their application in second language acquisition. The aim of this study was specifically to investigate the effects of using infographics as a supplemental teaching tool in EFL classes with a focus on learning outcomes and English learning motivation. The study was conducted in two lower-intermediate English classes at a Japanese university. An infographic of the grammar points of simple past/past continuous was designed and applied as a supplement to the textbook-related content. One class was taught in a textbook-infographic order and the other vice versa. Participants’ understanding of the target grammar points and English learning motivation were measured. The findings suggested that students were able to learn effectively using the provided infographics, but it is more effective to use infographics after the textbook teaching. Students showed higher English language learning motivation after the interventions and a high interest in using infographics in their English language course. Teaching advices on using infographics in EFL classes were discussed.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0258/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Development of Pronunciation Textbooks Based on Communicative Language Teaching Approach

Research has found out that speaking skill covered pronunciation as the fundamental significance in linguistic proficiency. Surprisingly, in most English Language test, pronunciation appears to be the subject that is often neglected. Despite the generous amount of media utilize to practice utterance of English syllable or words, the supply of pronunciation teaching textbook source is scarce. By employing research and development (R&D) of 4D design, this study aimed at describing the model, validity and reliability of the Pronunciation textbook for English Education students. This research involved 38 students and 2 (two) experts’ rater to examine the book based on BSNP (Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan or National Education Standard Agency) criteria. The result pointed out, that the model of pronunciation book corresponded with the KKNI standard curriculum and based on BSNP Criteria. The questionnaires validation result from respondent showed that rxy is 0.64 with the category of valid, and the reliability test result from Cronbach Alfa showed that r11 is 1.04 in the level of ?1.00 with the category of very high reliability. The validity and reliability of the product were also verified by two experts’ rater and analyzed by using Aiken index technique. In this analysis, the V index showed the value of 0.91 with the category of very high (from the scale of 0.8-1.00) for the content eligibility, presentation, language and graphic. Accordingly, Pronunciation textbooks model developed based on communicative language teaching approach is valid and reliable.

An analysis of Hong Kong Moral and National Education textbook- teacher interactions

ABSTRACT Numerous studies have noted the difficulties in promoting a common national identity curriculum due to increasing tension between the concepts of local autonomy and national cohesion. Hong Kong’s promotion of Moral and National Education provides an interesting case to examine two aspects of this tension – what national identity education goals can be selected when local people enjoy different rights, and how local education agents can select content and pedagogy to address such goals. This article analyses two sample textbook lessons, two teachers’ teaching plans for this subject, and memos from related curriculum development meetings. The comparisons reveal that textbook adaption is a consistent and important part of teacher-textbook interaction, with three major patterns emerging from Hong Kong teachers’ interactions with textbooks. These can be attributed to the influence of micro- and macro-level powers over teacher-textbook interactions in Moral and National Education.

Inlediğini Anlama Becerisini Değerlendirme Görev Biçimleri: Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretimi Ders Kitapları ve Öğretim Elemanlarının Seçimleri Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir İnceleme

The aim of the study is to examine the frequency and distribution of the task formats in the evaluation of listening comprehension skills in the Turkish language teaching textbooks for foreigners. This study also aims to compare these findings with the practices preferred in the exams by the instructors teaching Turkish as a foreign language. In the study, sequential exploratory design was applied by using document analysis and descriptive method. Three widely used textbooks and 36 instructors as the participants have formed the scope of the study. The findings indicate that the most frequently preferred task formats in the books are gap-filling and dichotomous item. As a result of the z-test, a significant difference between the textbooks in terms of the ratios of short-answer question, multiple-choice item, matching, and dichotomous item task formats has been found. Dichotomous item, gap-filling, sentence completion, short answer questions, information transfer, multiple choice and matching have been the most preferred task formats by the instructors in the exams. As a result of Kruskal Wallis test, no significant difference was found between the participants in terms of preferring the evaluation task formats according to the variables of graduation degree, last graduated department, and professional experience.

JINOYAT TARKIBI OBYEKTIV TOMONINING QONUNCHILIKDAGI TUZILISHI (KONSTRUKSIYASI): TAHLIL VA TAKLIF

In this article, research methods such as logical method, method of induction, method of deduction, systematic method, logical-legal method, and comparative-legal methods were used. In particular, first of all, the general characteristics of the signs of the objective side of the crime and their structure in criminal law, as well as the scientific views and research of scientists about them, the similarities and differences between them are revealed. Also, a socially dangerous act with the necessary signs of the objective side of the crime and criminal law consequences with its optional signs, causal relationship, place, time, method, circumstances, weapons and means of crime, in the disposition of the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan are consistently described. This article focuses on the objective side of crime and its features in criminal law; instrumentally and comparatively analyzes their criminal legal significance in the qualification of crimes and the rules of qualification. At the same time, scientific works, monographs, and scientific and educational textbooks of Russian scholars A.N.Trainin, T.V.Tsereteli, V.N.Kudryavtsev, N.F.Kuznetsova, B.V.Zdravomyslov and others belonging to the continental (Romano-Germanic) family of law, as well as national scientists M.Kh.Rustamboev, M.Usmonaliev, P.Bakunov, R.Kabulov, Kh.M.Abzalova, A.A.Otajonov, I.A.Sottiev, Kh.Ochilov, Sh. Khaydarov, Z.Shamsiddinov and others were used. Moreover, the doctrine of criminal law and existing scientific researches were analyzed, and concrete proposals and recommendations were developed in this regard to improve the theory and practice of criminal law.

My husband, do you want our family (韓) to be miserable (弊)? Please give me your wife a lot of (煩) agony (刑), then, it will be so. Our family will be surely diminished and be poor! (Tcheonzamun 577th-592nd)

French missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that ‘The thousand character essay’ (It is called as ‘Tcheonzamun’ in Korean language) had been used as a textbook for Chinese character education for children and Dallet (1874) described that this same book had been utilized both in the ancient China and in the ancient Korea. For the present researcher, there were two methods for the translation. The first method for the translation is through Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters on the Tcheonzamun poem. The second method is through the meaning of Chinese characters of the poem. The title of this study is ‘My husband, do you want our family (韓) to be miserable (弊)? Please give me your wife a lot of (煩) agony (刑), then, it will be so. Our family will be surely diminished and be poor!’ And the next is the result of the research of the poem (Tcheonzamun 577th-592nd).

Values Education in Turkish Textbooks in Primary Education

Texts are indispensable tools used in a language teaching environment. They help students learn both implicitly and explicitly. This learning activity guides the future of the student. The individualization processes of memories that are combined together with qualified texts would be shorter and more qualified. There are many affective approaches and cognitive approaches in curriculum because raising individuals with adopted basic human values is a universal phenomenon that takes place in all the education programs. In today’s teaching processes, along with data mining, opinion mining is also included in educational processes. Equipping the input in students’ memories with positive poles (the literature used polar), in terms of value load, will directly lead to the observation of the positive affective behaviours in students. The learning outcomes under the title of education values in native language programs are basically a product of value load mining. This paper focuses on classifying the value loads of the words in the reading texts in the primary education of 7th and 8th grade Turkish textbooks as positive/neutral/negative. The study also attempts to determine the positive/neutral/negative value loads that the textbooks try to convey to the students. This study is a qualitative study and is structured with a document review method. Rapid Miner and MS Excel programs were used to acquire data, which was described in the context of value load that is transferred. With the results obtained, it can be concluded that, at the word level, the textbooks try to convey positive and negative values that are approximately the same ratio without using a certain systematic approach that would consider adjusting the text content for the grade levels.

PENGEMBANGAN BUKU AJAR TEMATIK TERPADU BERBASIS PROBLEM BASED LEARNING DI KELAS V SD

Text book is the important component in learning process, it is caused by the content of the text book will be delivered to the students in learning process. Recently, found that the teachers do not develop the textbook which is based on thematic integrated. In teaching the teachers are still be guided by teachers’ and students’ handbooks which are provided by Kemendikbud. There are some weakness in the teachers’ and students’ handbook that used in learning process, and need development. Based on the problem above, the researcher wants to develop the textbook of thematic integrated based on Problem Based Learning. The purpose of this research is to develop the textbook thematic integrated based on Problem Based Learning for fifth grade. The validity, practicallity, and efectiveness of this thematic integrated book for the fifth grade.
 This research used Four-D model. The subject of this research were teacher and fifth grade students in SDN Percobaan Padang and SDN 05 Padang Pasir. The technique of data analysis was analysis of validity,practicality and effectiveness. The data of validity obtained from the validity of textbook. The practicallity observed from the learning, questionaire of teachers’ response, questionaire of students’ response, and interview. The effectiveness conducted from observation of activity and the learning outcome of the students.
 The result of this research were: in definition stage it produced curriculum analysis, needs and students. The cover, acknowledgement, the book guidance, standard of competence and core competence, table of content, chapters and stabdard competence mapping, sub chapters, indicators, purposes of the learning and the steps of Problem Based Learning were the result of textbook design stage. The development stage for the average validity was 3.81 which is valid. The practicality of this research in learning process was 94%, the questionaire of teachers’ respond was 86.11% and for the questionaire of students’ response was 90% and they are included to very practicallity. The disseminate stage for the effectiveness was 87.81% for the percentage of the students. Generally, The learning outcomes of the students was very good. The conclusion was the textbook based on Problem Based Leaning which is thematc integrated and developed had been valid, pracitcal, and effective to use as one of textbook for teaching in fifth grade in elementary school.

Grammar Practice Activities in ELT Textbooks: Types, Order, and Interrelated Series

The purpose of this study was to analyze the grammar practice activities used in 14 recently published pre-intermediate and intermediate English language teaching textbooks. More specifically, this study analyzed the types of grammar practice activities that occurred, the order of such types, and the prevalence and composition of interrelated series of grammar practice activities. Results indicate that mechanical activities were less common than the other controlled alternative, meaningful activities, and also the least common type overall. Also, the results show that pre-communicative grammar practice activities were the most numerous grammar practice activities and comprised approximately 40% of all grammar practice activities. Additionally, it was found that grammar practice activities generally progressed from form-focused grammar practice activities to meaning-focused grammar practice activities. Last, it was found that multiple series of interrelated grammar practice activities were present with 54 distinct series appearing across the 42 lessons examined, and comprised almost half of all 246 grammar practice activities recorded as well.

EVOLVING PEDAGOGY MODEL IN TEACHER & TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE EDUCATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN – A JOURNEY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AT NGOS ACTIVITY CENTER

As a part of Ph.D. research fieldwork, the author has to visit the premises and/or activity centers of Vadodara based NGOs who are engaged for the educational related activities of underprivileged children which includes street children, children from slums, railway stations, under the bridge, construction sites, etc. During the author's conversation and interviews with the functionaries, staff, teachers, mentors, and the underprivileged children and observations of the teaching process adopted by the NGO’s teachers, a concept of blending education of textbook learning and skill-based training emancipated in author’s mind. The NGO team members shared that they have observed during their several years of association with these underprivileged children, the children are generally good in practical works and express interest in practical works/fieldwork. Their skills are good whether it is making of food, making of structures, etc. These children can grasp educational knowledge from the textbook if the practical demonstration is done on the subject taught. (Vasudevan, 2017). They understand the subject through textbook learning or from the teachers but basic understanding about the subject is reinforced with practical classroom or fieldwork. (Vasudevan, 2017; Sarangapani, 2013). During the author’s visit to the premises of one of the cases of the study, where the building construction was in progress, Bhavesh, nine (9) years of age, and his brother Shyam four (4) years of age, who are the children of the construction labourer constructed a small house using the scrap packing boxes, broken wood pieces, pebbles, bricks, etc. The author observed that little Shyam is sitting inside the house with a big smile on his face. The author asked them how and from where they learned these skills of making the house. Bhavesh replied that they observe and imitate their working parents, other labourers and try to convert their ideas into such structures. The author’s journey began from this touchpoint and selected three activity centers of two (2) Vadodara-based NGOs to impart training on technical skills and soft skills to the underprivileged children. For selecting the NGOs, purposive sampling technique was used. A total 58 number of students of standard 3rd to 10th were selected using purposive sampling (n=58). Through non-participant observations, data were collected on the pedagogy used by the teachers during the textbook teaching of the underprivileged children. The major findings are 1) Tailormade/suitable pedagogy style / skills can make a substantial difference in teaching the underprivileged children and children’s understanding/knowledge of the subject, 2) The children’s understanding of the subject is converted into knowledge when a practical demonstration is done using model or prototype, 3) The children perceive differently from textbook learning or teachers, 4) Study become interesting for the children when blended model i.e. theoretical and practical curriculum is practiced. The children find it easy while writing or explaining 5) Interactive style of pedagogy makes the children confident, removes their fear & inhibitions, brings clarity in their understanding, remains attentive, etc.

The Availability of Critical Thinking Skills in the Arabic Language and Islamic Education Textbooks of the Third Grade Depending on their Teachers’ Point View in Jerash

This study aimed at investigating the availability of critical thinking skills in the Arabic language and Islamic education textbooks depending on their teachers’ point of view in Jerash Governorate. The researchers have used the functional analytical approach. They prepared a questionnaire that consisted of 36 paragraphs which have targeted four skills, and the sample consisted of 97 female teachers. After finding the arithmetic mean and the standard deviation of the four skills, the results revealed that the targeted skills are highly present in the Arabic language and Islamic education textbooks according to their teachers’ point of view. Accordingly, the researchers recommended conducting more studies that investigate critical thinking, and training the teachers to teach it, as well as to involve teachers in the process of composing school textbooks.

The Concept of Borrowing in Textbooks for Higher Education (a View from the Standpoint of Modern Lexicology)

The question of the linguo-methodological basis of the concept of the process of intercultural lexical transfer in the system of modern university education is considered. It is argued that in textbooks for higher educational institutions there is an ambiguous definition of a borrowed word, ignoring the requirement of systemic unambiguity for terminological lexemes. The purpose of the article is to state the diversity of definitions of the named concept and to substantiate the point of view that corresponds to modern theoretical principles. allowing to optimize the educational and methodological effectiveness of the formation of the necessary personal competencies of students. It is proved that the theoretical and didactic material of textbooks for higher education does not correspond to the current state of the Russian lexical system, its scientific presentation and does not allow students to form the necessary competencies provided for by the Federal State Standard of Higher Education. The author comes to the conclusion that borrowed words should be considered in the traditional procedural meaning (meaning external and internal borrowing), while understanding the metaphorical meaning of such semantics; specific subgroups of borrowed words should be distinguished on the basis of such a feature as the degree of their systemic adaptation: adapted words / non-adapted (in one way or another - barbarisms, exoticisms); As for the terms “foreign word” and “loan word”, their gender-species opposition is stated: foreign words are words of a different language, borrowed words are foreign words adapted to one degree or another or not yet adapted in the recipient language.

From Functionalism to Language Development: A Comparison of FCE and Summit Books

Introduction: This paper aimed to analyze FCE and Summit books which are among popular English language teaching textbooks. In particular, this study was an attempt toward the objective analysis of reading passages by finding the differences and similarities of the books in terms of their processes.
 Methodology: To conduct the study, a corpus of 1964 clauses from reading passages of the two books named Ready for First Certificate of English FCE and Summit was formed, classified, and coded. The corpus was then analyzed based on Halliday and Mattheisen’ (2004) transitivity system.
 Results: The findings of the study revealed that there were significant differences between Summit and FCE books in terms of relational, existential, and verbal processes.
 Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that analyzing the schemas of the texts not only reveals the mindsets of their authors, but also can be an objective method for better understanding of a text The results were also discussed from an educational perspective, and suggestions were made for future research.

Authoritarian cosmopolitan citizenship in the new nation of South Sudan: Insights from a secondary school textbook analysis

Citizenship education (CE) is increasingly implemented in national curricula, often as an independent subject. In this article we examine the first official citizenship textbooks for South Sudan secondary education since independence in 2011. We analyse four textbooks, observing a multifaceted and at times contradictory understanding of the kind of citizens the new textbooks promote. Our findings point to a case of ‘authoritarian cosmopolitan citizenship’, coined here as a concept envisioning a loyal cosmopolitan citizen who is uncritical of both government and international actors and the activities, norms and values they promote.

The Presentation of Cultural Elements in Local Grade 6 English Textbooks: English 6

Learning a language requires learners to get a feel for the culture from which it comes. Even with globalization affecting almost every corner of the planet, there are cultures specific to each country and region. Therefore, learning to be more open and accepting of other cultures and peoples can certainly help any language learner in their efforts to improve their language learning. Understanding these cultural factors helps communicators as well as teachers and learners acquire foreign languages effectively by the meaning of a word. Hence, the choice of suitable textbooks for teaching plays an important role. Therefore, this paper aims to study the cultural elements of a local published book series is English 6 among the textbooks by international publishing or domestic publishing.