Education Science ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 10-15.

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The Cultural Logic of Textbook Research

Xin Jixiang   

  1. College of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha Hunan 410081, China
  • Received:2020-03-31 Online:2020-07-15 Published:2020-08-26

Abstract:

The cultural logic of textbook research refers to the cultural law and order followed in the course of textbook research, which is a rational summary and expression of the cultural factors that influence the development of textbook and its internal mechanism.In terms of textbook ontology, it needs to clarify the nature of textbook culture and its relationship with subject culture, learner culture and social culture. As for the historical study of textbook, it needs to reveal the hidden historical culture through text symbols, analyze the historical and cultural factors influencing the development of textbooks, and clarify the mechanism and significance of the cultural inheritance and innovation of textbooks.As for the comparative study of textbooks, it needs to properly use the standpoint and method of emic and etic to understand the cultural differences between Chinese and foreign textbooks in terms of content selection, structure design, compiling style, etc, so as to grasp the cultural context and internal logic of the development of textbooks more clearly.

Key words: textbook research, textbook culture, cultural logic

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