Abstract:

As the core resource of educational informatization and digital publishing, digital textbooks are making an increasingly impact on basic education in China. This paper focuses on the 20 years’ development process of digital textbook research in primary and secondary schools in China,and uses the literature analysis method to explore its basic characteristics, in order to provide reference for the future research and practice of digital textbooks. It is found that in the past 20 years,the research on digital textbooks for primary and secondary school in China has generally experienced three stages: bud and beginning,rapid development, and return to calm. During this process,the research perspective and methods tended to be diverse,the research scope and theme continued to expand,and the research personnel resources kept relatively stable and concentrated. The future research should focus on basic issues and build a comprehensive and systematic theoretical system of digital textbooks; strengthen empirical research to demonstrate the practical character of digital textbooks for teaching; build a research highland and create a multi-linked digital textbook research team; enhancing technology empowerment to open up the new direction of research,and keeping pace with the times and constructing the research pattern of digital textbook with Chinese characteristics.

Key words: digital textbook, research process, literature analysis