The Study Of Textbook Re-use At The Compulsory Education Stage: Now And Future Trend

Textbook is one of the most important tools in the process of passing on knowledge in the educational system. Traditionally, printed material is the primary vehicle, and for many years in the past, our textbooks only would be used by one owner before being disposed. The average usage of one single textbook only lasts half a year in China, meanwhile, it is normally three to five years in developed countries. As we all know, the printing of textbook will take tremendous consumption of trees, along with severe pollution to our environment. Our country has been always taking effort to protect the balance of our environment. Especially in recent years, under the guidance of building an efficient Harmonically Sociality, the pollution and waste that come as by-products of making textbook have been gradually attracting more attention than ever. However, we could cut the quantity of printed textbooks, reduce the consumption and waste when they are in use, and the best way to do it is to set up a Textbook Re-use System.Reusable textbook will contribute to resource saving, environmental protection, it also can relief financial burden for students, families and help to build spirit of creativity with limited resources. Even though we have had significant proven improvement in this field, we still have long way to go. We have had cases where it is hard to promote the concept of reusing textbook at some experimenting schools, which could have been caused by the old system, learning habit, corruption between printing industry and educational institutions. This article will focus on the investigation and analyzing of current situation of textbook reusing, a feasibility proposal, and the future of textbook reusing.Thanks to the development of digital technology, now we can adapt it to form a new way of teaching, Digitalized Teaching Material. This new form of teaching utilizes the benefit of web broadcasting, combines the basic function of traditional teaching material, and uniqueness of multimedia. These new features can create interesting and multifunctional learning atmosphere for the students, and make learning a fun experience that maximize the learning outcome. Most importantly, paperless text material is eco-friendly, it does not require a tangible resource, virtually zero pollution, it is up to the standard of energy efficiency. Digitalized Teaching Material will be the future of Reusable Text Material.