Creative, innovative, motivating: nominations for Textbook of the Year 2015
On 13 March 2015 the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, in conjunction with the Leipzig book fair, will announce the winners of the fourth annual ‘Textbook of the Year’ award. The nominees have already been confirmed. This year the judging panel will honour outstanding language, history and society, and STEM textbooks for lower secondary schools. The prize is under the patronage of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the German Länder.
In the mood for maths, Latin or history? The judging panel, comprising experts from academia, educational practice and publishing houses, was very impressed by this year’s selection. A total of nine books were shortlisted for the Textbook of the Year 2015. Successful candidates are those deemed to be outstanding contemporary textbooks that demonstrate bold and innovative content choice, didactic methodologies and design as well as those that are able to meet demanding educational standards and offer a skill-centered approach to learning.
‘The aims of the Textbook of the Year award are to raise awareness of the social significance of textbooks and to advance the continuous development and improvement of educational materials’ said Professor Simone Lässig, chair of the jury and director of the Georg Eckert Institute.
All nine nominees including, for the first time, a digital textbook, awaken curiosity, stimulate the pleasure of learning, encourage critical thought, illustrate correlations and open new perspectives. The selection criteria include consideration of the educational concept, the relevance to the discipline, appropriateness for pupils, style of tasks, comprehensibility and design.
Nominees in the ‘Languages’ category:
· A toi! 1B, Cornelsen Verlag 2012
· Pontes 1, Klett Verlag 2014
· Vamos! Adelante! 1, Klett Verlag 2014
Nominees in the ‘History and Society’ category
· Leben leben 2, Klett Verlag 2014
· mBook, Geschichte denken statt pauken, Institut für digitales Lernen 2014
· Plan L., Leben bewusst gestalten, Schöningh Verlag 2014
Nominees in the ‘STEM’ category:
· Biosphäre 5/6, Cornelsen Verlag 2013
· Markl Biologie 1, Klett Verlag 2014
· mathe live 5, Klett Verlag 2014
For further information see: www.schulbuch-des-jahres.de
The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research.
The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI), a member of the Leibniz Association, conducts research into textbooks from a cultural and historical perspective and contributes to improving global education in schools. The research library holds over 175,000 textbooks and curricula from over 160 countries and the information and communication platform Edumeres.net enables the GEI to offer virtual access to textbooks and educational media for research purposes. The GEI makes recommendations regarding textbooks and other educational media to policy-makers and education practitioners. The Institute’s digital research infrastructures facilitate textbook research around the world. In 2015 the Georg Eckert Institute will celebrate its 40th anniversary. For more information see: www.gei.de
About the Leipzig book fair
The Leipzig book fair is the most important spring event in the publishing and media sector. It is a fair designed for readers, authors and publishers. The fair presents the new spring releases, current themes and trends and, in addition to showcasing new German-language literature, also presents new works from Central and Eastern Europe. The unique combination of the fair and ‘Leipzig reads’, the largest European reading festival, has proved exceptionally popular with the public. The 2015 Leipzig book fair takes place from 12 to 15 March at the Exhibition Grounds but also includes events all across the city. The fair anticipates approximately 2000 exhibitors, over 235,000 visitors and more than 2,500 journalists. The 21st Leipzig antiques fair is held concurrently with the book fair. For further information see: www.leipziger-buchmesse.de
Contact at the Georg-Eckert-Institut
Leibniz-Institut für internationale Schulbuchforschung
Catrin Schoneville
Press and public relations officer
Tel.: +49 (0)531 / 59099 -504
E-Mail: schoneville@gei.de
Contact at the Leipzig book fair
Julia Lücke
Tel.: +49 (0) 341 / 6 78 6555
E-Mail: j.luecke@leipziger-messe.de
Leipzig fair online: www.leipziger-messe.de
