Educational Ideal for the New Wave of Textbooks

Abstract

In this chapter, postmodernism features of the educational ideal (professionalism, planetary thinking and cultural pluralism) have been analysed. The general educational outcome is that the new ideal is automatically assured with a new wave of textbooks. Self-regulated learning is the primary focus of this research. It is argued that new textbooks provide more opportunities for teaching, learning and assessment. Even if the teacher is an adviser, administrator, agent provocateur, coach, moderator, observer, and the learner(s) is a knowledge worker, the new digital textbooks are not only the source of content, but also effective tools for learning. For guaranteed learning outcomes, digital textbooks should be designed according to the MetaSystem Learning Design approach. Having established this theoretical framework, the author discusses how to deal with seven laws of globalized pedagogic process. The purpose of the chapter is to elucidate the significance of new educational ideal for the new wave of digital textbooks. Conclusions and future research directions are provided at the end.