Textbook Policies in Asia
Development, Publishing, Printing, Distribution, and Future Implications
Published on 1. December 2018
96 pages
978-92-9261-413-3 (ISBN)
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This comparative study provides an overview of the textbook production chain, starting with its origins in the curriculum, and suggests ways in which policymakers can make improvements at every point in the chain. With evidence from a range of countries, mainly in Asia, the study is intended as a resource for policymakers and as a reference and benchmark for education systems. Although the study focuses on textbooks, which are the priority for governments and teachers and represent the greatest item of expenditure on teaching and learning materials, it also includes other teaching and learning materials including digital resources.
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Andy Smart | Shanti Jagannathan | Asian Development Bank
Textbook Policies in Asia
Development, Publishing, Printing, Distribution, and Future Implications
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- BOXES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 GETTING THE POLICY RATIONALE RIGHT
- Explicit Functions
- Implicit Functions
- 3 GOOD TEX TBOOK POLICY SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING
- 4 WRITING SYLLABUSES, PREPARING FOR TEX TBOOKS
- 5 TEX TBOOKS AND EX AMINATIONS: THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG
- 6 THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING
- 7 TEXTBOOK PLANNING, WRITING , AND DEVE LOPMENT
- 8 GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY
- 9 MULTIPLE-TEXTBOOK SYSTEMS: THE GREAT LEAP
- 10 ENSURING QUALITY: EVALUATION, APPROVAL, AND SELECTION
- Submission of Textbook Proposals
- Evaluation Criteria
- Evaluation Panels
- Textbook Selection
- 11 THE SOCIAL MESSAGE
- 12 MANAGING THE COSTS
- Free Provision, Parental Purchase, and Textbook Loans
- Single Use and Reuse
- Textbook Rental Systems
- 13 GETTING THE TEX TBOOKS TO THE USERS
- The Costs of Delivery
- The Role of Intermediaries (Booksellers)
- 14 TEX TBOOK MANUFACTURING
- Specifications
- 15 NOT JUST TEXTBOOKS
- Workbooks
- Reading Books
- 16 WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT COPYRIGHT?
- Intellectual Property
- Piracy
- 17 CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIX 1: EVIDENCE OF THE IMPACT OF TEXTBOOKS
- APPENDIX 2: THE DIGITAL DIMENSION
- APPENDIX 3: PRICES AND PRICE CONTROLS: AN OVERVIEW
- REFERENCES
