I was under the impression that wikibooks would also include textbooks for
k-12. Normally, k-3 don't have traditional texts because many are still
learning to read. Later, they read to learn. So much of the "textbook" is
really worksheets, pictures, and planned lectures and activities. Actually,
a better word to use for k-3 is curriculum, not textbooks. But I've read we
are not supposed to do curriculum.
Soooo, I'm not sure what wikibooks really is. Here is where I got my info:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003069.shtml
Although dated 8/05, it seems Mr. Wales had a definite vision:
"The second thing that will be free is a complete curriculum (in all
languages) from Kindergarten through the University level. There are several
projects underway to make this a reality, including our own Wikibooks
project, but of course this is a much bigger job than the encyclopedia, and
it will take much longer."
Curriculum, by definition, is a package. It can include textbooks but
certain goes beyond that to worksheets, teacher planning, activities, etc.
I would love to redo the SRA Direct Instruction curriculum in wikibooks so
that parents AND teachers have an option for scientificially based
curriculum. But according to new definitions, I'm not sure wikibooks is an
appropriate place. Under the old definition from the website listed above,
it is.
-Kathy
-----Original Message-----
Florence Devouard wrote:
I, for one, think it is great to work on better
defining the mission
of Wikibooks. I have one question though, do you know if the
definition worked upon is generally shared with other wikibooks people
? Are they other wikibooks that have worked on such a definition, and
where the outcome differs widely from yours ?
ant
At last count 18 people supported it and 7 people objected to it. As others
have already said, some disagree on limiting English Wikibooks to just
textbooks, how much emphases on textbooks be be given, whether or not it
should be a policy or guideline and some have concerns on the clarity of the
proposal.
There is quite a difference from English Wikibooks' current version and the
German version. Google's German to English translation of the German
Wikibooks version:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikibooks.org%2Fwiki
%2FHilfe%3AWas_Wikibooks_ist&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8
There have been previous proposals on English Wikibooks to redefine the
current policy as well, before they were merged together:
http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks/Unstab
le&oldid=600961
http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks/Unstab
le&oldid=665481
http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks/Unstab
le&oldid=665488
that AFAIK, were abandoned before ever getting to the point of seeking input
from the community to accept or reject them.
--darklama
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