COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEXTBOOKS FOR THE 1ST GRADE

Abstract

This article presents a comparative analysis of the integrated electronic resources in the electronic textbooks on Technology and Entrepreneurship for the 1st grade. The textbooks of the four publishing houses, which are officially approved by the Ministry of Education and Sciences in Bulgaria, were reviewed. The analysis was carried out with pre-set criteria for comparison, which include: number of electronic resources, types of electronic resources used in the lessons, uniformity of electronic resources by topic, balance of electronic resources by topic, subject matter, relative to the assigned lessons. Regarding the types of electronic resources, there are different classifications, but the following definition will be adopted for the article - electronic resources are "materials in digital format that are accessed through a digital device." In this case, the electronic textbooks of the publishers where they are considered included different types of electronic resources that support and diversify the learning material. These are: "Resources created through applications", "Ready and authored video tutorials", "Images - photos, diagrams, drawings", "Voice recording". There is a significant difference in the total number of electronic resources found in the different textbooks. Differences are also found regarding the types of electronic resources used аn analysis of these data was carried out in relation to the relevant teaching material, the relevant similarities and differences were brought out and conclusions were formed.