A TEXTBOOK AS A LEADING SOURCE OF THE HISTORY OF NATIONAL DIDACTICS OF PHYSICS

Abstract

In the article, the problem of sources formation of the history of national didactics of physics is considered as an important condition for conducting a historical and methodological research. The statement that a textbook is its leading element that represents not only the approaches to the structure and the content of physics course but also the methodological system of its implementation is grounded. A physics textbook is viewed from the standpoint of sociocultural approach as a source of product-research and educational activities at some stage of the education system and methodological thought. It is highlighted that the physics textbooks as a pedagogical and sociocultural phenomenon goes beyond the traditional positioning as a learning tool. Textbooks-sources were introduced in the theory and methodology of teaching physics, which were not studied and described in the historiography of the outlined problem. Periods of the history of the national physics textbook were specified. The results of creating textbooks at certain stages were generalized and systematized. It was demonstrated that the traditions of the national physics textbook are of holistic and systemic nature. The attention was paid at the fact that the features of this process have a profound socio-cultural context. The interdependence of intensity and trends of creating textbooks and processes of reforming the national education system was represented. The perspective directions and urgent problems of creating physics textbooks in the modernization of secondary education were determined.