Textbooks and digital resources: towards new conceptualizations

Authors

  • Ghislaine Gueudet University of Brest
  • Birgit Pepin Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
  • Luc Trouche Institut français de l’éducation – Lyon

Keywords:

documentational approach to didactics, textbook coherence, textbook design, textbook connectivity, textbook quality

Abstract

In many countries textbooks remain to be the main resources for mathematics teachers. However, textbooks have changed over time, likely due to developments in information technology. In this paper we report on an investigation of how two French mathematicstextbooks are conceived by their authors, analysing the effects of different conceptualisations reflected in the books. For the analysis we chose two commonly used French textbooks at grade 6 (topic of “area”): one authored by  a  small  group  of  experts  (Helice);  and  one  by  a  large  group  of  mathematics  teachers (Sesamath). In addition, we drew evidence from interviews with the textbook authors. Using thdocumentational  approach,  we  analysed  the  textbooks  with  respect  to  quality  and  their  usages (instrumentation-instrumentalisation). In particular, we propose to re-conceptualise the notion of quality of textbooks by introducing two dimensions for analysis: connectivity; and coherence of textbooks. Based on our analysis, we argue that (1) the “expert book” is of “didactic quality”, albeit static and oriented towards an “instrumentation usage”; whereas (2) the “teacher collective book” was of “dynamic quality” oriented towards processes of “instrumentalisation”.

Author Biographies

Ghislaine Gueudet, University of Brest

Professeur des universitésCREAD, ESPE, University of Brest, France

Birgit Pepin, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Full professorEindhoven School of Education, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Luc Trouche, Institut français de l’éducation – Lyon

Professeur des UniversitésInstitut français de l’éducation – Lyon – França

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2016-02-17

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Gueudet, G., Pepin, B., & Trouche, L. (2016). Textbooks and digital resources: towards new conceptualizations. Em Teia | Revista De Educação Matemática E Tecnológica Iberoamericana, 6(3). Retrieved from http://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/emteia/article/view/2248

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2015): DOS ARTEFATOS AOS INSTRUMENTOS: o trabalho individual e coletivo dos professores de Matemática

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ARTIGOS - EDIÇÃO TEMÁTICA - HISTÓRIA DA EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA

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