TY - JOUR ID - zu233934 UR - http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/33934/ IS - 19 A1 - ????????, ?. ?. Y1 - 2021/// N2 - The article provides a comparative analysis of primary school textbooks in Poland and Ukraine. Summarizing the results of the analysis of the approaches of different authors, the following functions of the school textbook are singled out: informational, managerial, developmental, communicative, educational, differentiation of learning, individualization of learning. It is established that in modern textbooks of New Ukrainian School (NUS) much attention is paid to: development of logical thinking; activity approach; work with information; development of students' critical thinking; ability to interact and communicate; creativity development. Technical means of learning are tools, used to enhance the educational process, to help develop creativity, evoke and sustain positive emotions. Tasks of a creative origin aimed at organizing the search activities of students and the development of creativity improve the developmental function of textbooks for primary school. One of the key trends is the use of ?open? textbooks. It is established that textbooks should ensure illustrative materials to promote the development of mental processes in students (attention, memory, imagination, thinking) and the development of creativity. Learning tasks in such textbooks should be divided into reproductive, productive and open. It is noted that the «open» textbook promotes the creativity of teachers who become its contributors; in addition, the textbook is enriched with local realities. JF - ?????????? ??????????? KW - textbook KW - development of creativity KW - modern Polish primary school KW - creative potential KW - New Ukrainian School (NUS) KW - reform SN - 2220-4555 TI - Textbook as a means of creativity development of a student SP - 126 AV - public EP - 133 ER -