ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE TEXTBOOK: CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY?

Abstract

he New Ukrainian School (NUS) in basic secondary education is moving towards the 8th grade, so we already have certain results. The article highlights the problems of the correlation of usefulness/uselessness, need/not need, importance/not importance of the paper and electronic versions of the textbook, as well as the electronic appendix to it; the attitude of the educational community to the value of the textbook parameters in the educational process of the NUS is analyzed. The relevance and prospects of the problem are determined, the importance of directing the educational process to providing both theoretical acquisitions (normative and legal support) and the direct availability of textbooks, auxiliary methodological materials, etc. is substantiated. Given that there have been cardinal changes in the teaching of certain subjects (natural sciences, integrated courses in language and literature, civics and history), special attention is paid not only to the availability and provision of textbooks, but the format of the textbook - paper or electronic - has also turned out to be important. The modern interpretation of the concept of "textbook" and the phenomenon of "electronic textbook" and "paper textbook" are considered. The actual interpretation of the concept of "paper textbook" is proposed, namely, that it is a book that has undergone editorial and production processing and is printed on paper. While "electronic textbook (e-textbook)" is an electronic educational publication with a systematic presentation of educational material that corresponds to the educational program, contains digital objects of various formats and provides interactive interaction. An e-textbook is created in the form of a computer program. The scientific works of researchers are analyzed to determine the traditions of program and textbook creation of author teams of different years and subject areas and the conceptual principles of digitalization of the educational environment of a general secondary education institution in the modern realities of the pandemic and martial law. The results of the study of key aspects of the organization of the educational process in the conditions of distance and blended learning are presented: features of teaching in the adaptive cycle of education and the basic one (integration of courses or subject training), the use of a textbook (paper or electronic version), the impact of an electronic application on learning and the process of teaching subjects, the importance/non-importance of having an interactive electronic application to a textbook for a subject or an integrated course. Respondents emphasize that it is the digital application to a paper textbook that makes it possible to organize students' self-education in modern conditions; to create comfortable conditions for teaching individuals with special educational needs; students' perception of information occurs at a higher level due to the visualization of certain processes and phenomena. In the following publications, we hope to investigate and highlight the impact of using an electronic application to a textbook on the learning process of students.