What is Textbook ? Features of a good Textbook
- 1. WHAT IS TEXTBOOK ? FEATURES OF GOOD TEXTBOOK JISHNA M COMMERCE KUTEC, Mananthavady
- 2. MEANING OF TEXTBOOK Textbook is the standard book, used as a tool of teaching, and learning organized for instructional purpose related with particular subject of curriculum organized for use of students and teachers. Textbook serves as a guide for a teacher and a student as well .
- 3. Textbook are authorised by the experts and person having specialisation in the subject, pondering level, age, psychology, standard and status of prospective readers. So books are considered to be more perfect comprehensive and reliable source of knowledge.
- 4. DEFINITION OF TEXTBOOK International Encyclopedia for Educational Technology, “Textbook are the book that are designed to present the basic principle or aspect of a given subject for use as a basic of instruction they can in fact be considered as an entire course of instruction they are highly organised”.
- 5. According to the Kothari Education Commission, “ A good textbook written by a qualified and competent specialist in the subject and produced with due regards of printing, illustrations and general getup, stimulates the pupils interest and helps the teacher considerably at his work”.
- 6. CHARACTERISTICS / FEATURES OF A GOOD TEXTBOOK 1.Physical / External Aspects 2.Academic / Internal Aspects
- 7. 1. PHYSICAL / EXTERNAL ASPECTS OF TEXTBOOK The size and volume of the textbook should be suitable and easy to handle. The binding of the book should be strong and desirable. The cost of the textbook should be reasonable and easily availability in the market. There should not be any typing error or grammatical mistakes.
- 8. The printing should be bold, margin, space between words and lines and easily readable. The cover page should be aesthetically design. The paper used in the textbook should be of superior quality.
- 9. 2.ACADEMIC / INTERNAL ASPECTS OF TEXTBOOK The Content should have detail explanation, simple language and sufficient illustrations and pictures. The difficult points of a textbook are explained in terms of pictures, tables and concrete examples and diagrams etc bring about better instructional result. Textbook should be prepared according to prescribed syllabus and every aspect of the syllabus should be adequately covered.
- 10. It should have relevant content matter that covers the syllabus. The style and vocabulary used should be suitable to the age group of students for whom the book is written. Preface ; The initial part of a textbook is related to the introduction which presents the bird’s age view of the whole textbook. Commencement of the lesson ; Each lesson begins from the possibility of an activity which can become the basis of acquisition of future knowledge. This can be previously acquired fact, principle or recollection of a prior experience.
- 11. Facts; The chief part of the lesson is made up of some facts. It is made effective by the use of pictures etc. Examples and users are also included in it. End of lessons; Each lesson ends with some questions generally. Besides, suggestions for additional experiment and technical vocabulary used in the lesson can also be given. Sometimes the life sketch of scientists or historical background can be given.
- 12. Content Should be well organized with appropriate terminologies and correlation with other subjects. Content should be asper the instrumental objects. The content should be adequate, correct, upto date and related to life. The content and other learning experiences of a good textbook are unbiased and objective.
- 13. The textbook should serve the purpose of subject matters as well as the aims and objectives of teaching. End of book ; Textbook Should have publication name, year of publication, preface and ends with an index. Sometimes a glossary is also given.
- 14. CONCLUSION Textbook provides organised units of work. It give a great contribution in the teaching-learning process both to teachers and to learners. Thus textbook gives you all the plans and lessons you need to cover a topic in some detail. It is a series provided you with a balanced information.
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