{"id":343,"date":"2024-09-28T09:04:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/?post_type=chapter&p=343"},"modified":"2024-09-28T09:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:06:06","slug":"developing-textbook-structure","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/chapter\/developing-textbook-structure\/","title":{"raw":"Developing Textbook Structure","rendered":"Developing Textbook Structure"},"content":{"raw":"

Introduction<\/h2>\r\nTextbooks are complex publications. They need to cover a body of knowledge in a structured way, using design elements to help the learner better understand the subject. In this section, we will highlight some textbook design concepts, starting with textbook structure.\r\n

Textbook Structure<\/h2>\r\nAuthors and collaborators often start a project by determining a textbook's structure, or a consistent way to organize content. Textbook structure may take a variety of forms depending on the course content, learning context, pedagogical approach and other factors.\r\n
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Examples<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nBelow are three typical textbook structures.\r\n\r\nExample 1: Book \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/strong>Section<\/strong>\r\n\r\nExample 2: Book \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section \u21d2 <\/strong>Subsection<\/strong>\r\n\r\nExample 3: Book \u21d2 <\/strong>Unit \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section \u21d2 <\/strong>Subsection<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFor our example, let's say an author decides to organize their book according to example 1, i.e.\u00a0 Book \u21d2 <\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\nOften a book's structure is described using terms like \"parts\" or \"levels\".\r\n\r\nIt may be useful to map the book's structure, thereby creating a basic outline, before beginning to write.\r\n

Pedagogical Elements<\/h3>\r\nNext we'll take a look at pedagogical elements that are commonly used in textbook design. These are elements designed to provide context, overview, motivation, review, and other functions that are useful for learning.\r\n

Sources<\/h2>\r\n1<\/sup>Schneider, D. K. (2008, September 3). Textbook writing tutorial. Retrieved March 04, 2018, from http:\/\/edutechwiki.unige.ch\/en\/Textbook_writing_tutorial<\/a>","rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Textbooks are complex publications. They need to cover a body of knowledge in a structured way, using design elements to help the learner better understand the subject. In this section, we will highlight some textbook design concepts, starting with textbook structure.<\/p>\n

Textbook Structure<\/h2>\n

Authors and collaborators often start a project by determining a textbook’s structure, or a consistent way to organize content. Textbook structure may take a variety of forms depending on the course content, learning context, pedagogical approach and other factors.<\/p>\n

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Examples<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Below are three typical textbook structures.<\/p>\n

Example 1: Book \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/strong>Section<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example 2: Book \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section \u21d2 <\/strong>Subsection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example 3: Book \u21d2 <\/strong>Unit \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section \u21d2 <\/strong>Subsection<\/strong><\/p>\n

For our example, let’s say an author decides to organize their book according to example 1, i.e.\u00a0 Book \u21d2 <\/strong>Chapter \u21d2 <\/span><\/strong>Section<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Often a book’s structure is described using terms like “parts” or “levels”.<\/p>\n

It may be useful to map the book’s structure, thereby creating a basic outline, before beginning to write.<\/p>\n

Pedagogical Elements<\/h3>\n

Next we’ll take a look at pedagogical elements that are commonly used in textbook design. These are elements designed to provide context, overview, motivation, review, and other functions that are useful for learning.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/h2>\n

1<\/sup>Schneider, D. K. (2008, September 3). Textbook writing tutorial. Retrieved March 04, 2018, from http:\/\/edutechwiki.unige.ch\/en\/Textbook_writing_tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":103,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/343\/revisions\/344"}],"part":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/103"}],"metadata":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/343\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openbooks.hdfoundation.in\/developingopentextbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}