HERODOTUS: An Educational Site as an Integral Part of a Study Book

In the Netherlands there is an on-going process of restructuring education. Secondary education is now being restructured into a basic level (the first two/three years) and an upper level (the last two/three years). The leading idea behind the upper level is the so-called 'study home' concept. The intention is that the learners become 'successful independent constructors' of their own study processes instead of 'successful dependent victims' of presented instruction. The first secondary schools start in 1996-1997 with their 'study home' and educational publishers are working on new appropriate study books in order to make the 'study-home' concept a success. To reach for success, publishers consider the use of educational software as an integral part of these new study books. Such educational software is expected to make use of the rapid evolving technologies like hypermedia and the Internet.