Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam EducationPublishing House convened a workshop in Hanoi on March 16, seekingto gather international experience in compiling textbooks promoting learners’ ability.
The three-day event aims to improve awareness of modern approaches to teachingtheory, and theoretical basis for developing textbooks which will not only impart knowledge to students but also develop their capacity, skills and personality.
Experts from Germany’s Potsdam University and Finland’s Timepere University sharedissues related to curricula for promoting learners’ ability, focusing on theconcept and nature of ability development in education, the role of textbooks inpromoting ability of learners; basic indicators for analysing and assessing ability-developingtextbooks.
They also introduced the process for compiling textbooks of this kind, from formingideas, drafting outlines, compiling manuscripts, to revision and finalization worksbefore printing.
A similar workshop will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City from March 20-22.
This is part of the preparation of the Vietnam Education Publishing Housefor implementing its task to compile new textbooks, serving the generaleducation reform, towards promoting ability and virtue of learners.-VNA
