TEXT BOOK

M.EdDept.of.educationPeriyar university

Salem-11

P. MERCY RANI

MEANING

A text book is a prescribed book for the student of a particular age group.

Text book is called the teacher in print.

DEFINITIONS

Oxford English dictionary says: “A book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject, a manual of instructions in a subject of study “

L.J Lewis: “Text book is tool both for the pupil and the teacher”

Lagne: “It is a standard book for any particular branch of study”

Bacon: “A book designed for classroom use, carefully prepared by experts in the field and equipped with the usual teaching devices”

GOOD TEXT BOOK

A source of knowledge

A guide

An instruction to the pupil

A means of interpreting truth

A tool

PHYSICAL ASPECT Size of the book

Printing of the books

Type size of the books

Paper used in books

Binding of books

Price of books

Over all get up of books

ACADEMIC ASPECTS

Thematic content

Organisation of the contains

Textual language

illustrations (visual aids)

Textual exercises

Choice of content

Structure of content

Categorisation of content

conversation

Relative magnitude

The structure

Book duration

TYPES OF TEXT BOOK

SCOPE OF TEXT BOOKS

Text books extend the habit of self study and activity among the students.

Develop the thinking and reasoning in the minds of pupils.

It chance to do get proper different view of the subject matter.

It develop teaching efficiency in different areas.

To develop a good relationship between society and pupils.

It expand the knowledge of many extent(areas).

It make opportunity to refer other discipline.

It develop way to new finding facts and approaches to research field.

Pictures, tables are develop the understanding skills.

CHARACTERISTIC OF TEXT BOOKS

Textbook is a standard book in the subject.

It is meant both for the teachers and the students.

It is manual instruction.

It is both content and technique.

Textbook is used for formal as well as informal education.

It is a tool for realising the instructional objectives of the subject.

Text book is the foundation on which the course is built up.

It contain selected material.

It presents material in graded from.

It is a principle source of study material for a given course.

It is a learning instrument used by the students.

It i s a purity languages, simplicity of diagrams.

It supplying necessary information

PURPOSE & IMPORTANT

They determine not only the subject matter to be taught but also the methods of teaching.

Text books are the only tools in the hands of teachers in Indian situations with which they are able to run their teaching programme smoothly.

Text books are good learning instruments for the students as they can revise their lessons whenever they want to do so.

Text books are the chief vehicles for attaining the goals of curriculum.

Text books fills the needs of the students.

Text books should be promote moral values.

Text books give concrete from to the curriculum. scope of the any topic can be better know with the help of text books.

They help the teacher in right planning of the yearly work.

Text books should based on the characteristics of children.

It towards the promotion of national goals like democracy, socialism, secularism and national integrations.

MERITS

Text books present content material in compact form.

To suggest activities.

To keep the teachers and students on right track.

To develop the thinking and critical powers of the teaching.

Basis for classroom teaching.

A cure for bad and effective teaching.

It act as on a teaching aid for the teachers.

Too much dependence on text books gives temporary bookish knowledge.

There is lack of direct experiences. The students acquire second knowledge.

Lack of interest shown by the top ranking scholars.

Carelessness and cheating done by the publishers.