Teacher as Curator: Reconstructing the Teacher's Role in the Dynamic Construction of Foreign Language Digital Textbooks

Wu Xiaoyang

Foreign Languages Department, North China Electric Power University

Abstract：

Foreign language digital textbooks are often built as digitized print, revised only on a multi-year cycle. Companion work holds that their value is dynamic, enacted as learners meet the material, and that they are a learning service co-created by providers, teachers, and learners—yet nothing keeps content moving after release. This paper supplies that agent: dynamic construction makes the teacher a curator who continuously selects, sequences, annotates, and retires content. We define this role, its four reconstruction dimensions, the conditions making it workable, and a Japanese-language illustration.

Key Words：

digital textbook; foreign language; teacher role; curation; dynamic value; professional agency