Monday 17 March 2014

I Am The Translator In "The Dark Side of Textbooks"

This week I am the translator, so I have collected the five most important terms that has been learnt on the week, and also I have to include the definition of each concept.

The five terms that I have selected are the following:

1.Textbook or course book : Manual of instructions presents in all fields of study. Its production depends on the demands of educational institutions. Textbooks can appreciate them in printed format and even today there are eBooks (electronic books). It is a teaching tools, in many cases the content of the textbook is based on the notes of a course.

2.Information graphics or infographics: Graphic visual representations. These may be related to information, data or knowledge. It aims to present complex information quickly and clearly. The use of graphics is useful for better vision system. This may be related to data visualization, information design, or information architecture.

3.Editorial: A type of company that is responsible for the publication and distribution of writings. The edition of the book does not include the activity of circulating the information available to the general public (distribution). In some cases, authors may be their own publishers.

4. De-professionalization: It is a process in which the range and professional competence are disqualified. It aims to gradually reduce and eliminate the quality and qualities that characterize a professional training and career university. De-professionalization provokes teachers to lose autonomy and creativity. In addition, this leads to a didactic immobility.

5. Epistemology: It is the branch of philosophy whose object of study is knowledge. As a theory of knowledge, it is concerned with issues such as the historical, psychological and sociological circumstances that lead to the attainment of knowledge. This also meant a clear and precise definition of the epistemic (for example truth, objectivity, reality concepts or justification.)


We have made ​​an infographic related to textbook. In this graph we have included some points which I have selected the most difficult to understand (editorial, de-professionalization, epistemology) .I hope that these terms will be helpful to everyone, because they are necessary to understand our work of this week. 

Natalia Martinez Alcázar

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