TEXT BOOK DIVISIONPRESENTED BY

NUR FARAH HANI SITI NUR NAJIHAH

NURHAYATI

HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEXTBOOK DIVISION

• The Textbook Division was initially established on 15th May 1967 as a unit in the Education Planning & Research Division, Ministry of Education.

• It were to control & ensure that all schools in West Malaysia adhere with the Ministry of Education regulations on the purchase, sale and use of textbooks.

1969 Managed by the School Division .

1971 The management was reverted to the Education Planning & Research Division

1972 Known as the Textbook Bureau & operated as an independent entity responsible to the Director General of Education Malaysia

1975 Implementation of the Textbook Loan Scheme by the Textbook Bureau

1983 Implementation of the Textbook Loan Scheme in Religious Secondary Schools

1988 The name Textbook Bureau was changed to Textbook Division pursuant to a resolution of Education Planning Committee Meeting No 102 on 15th July 1988

2002 The Division was restructured from 3 to 7 sectors in accordance with the school Division

VISION • Educational Excellence through

Quality Book. MISSION• Developing the Potential of

Individuals through Quality Books.MOTTO

• Quality Textbook Excellence in Education.

OBJECTIVES

1. To ensure the procurement of textbook is accurate to the Treasury Instructions.

2. To ensure quality certified textbook based on a set of quality control process.

3. To ensure adequate textbooks supplied to the designated school.

TEXTBOOK

INTRODUCTION : Textbook are main source of learning material for pupil and

the source of information on a specific or field. Its also reflect society value and the will aspirations of a

nation. Textbooks are written on the Syllabus and the Curriculum

Specifications. Syllabus explains the objectives, organization of the

contents & teaching & learning strategies. Curriculum Specifications clarifies the objectives &

organizes the contents according to the school year.

DEFINITIONS OF A TEXTBOOK

• UNESCOTextbook is a book an exposition of generally

accepted principles in one subjects, intended primarily as a basis for instructions in classroom or pupil-book-teacher situation.

• CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISHA book that contains detailed information about a

subject for people who are studying that subject.

THE INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEXTBOOK PACKAGES (KBSR)

INTRODUCTION • It prepares pupils with the knowledge to face

globalization in the 21st century.• The textbooks are written based on the National

Philosophy of Education, the Integrated Curriculum for Primary Schools Syllabus and the Curriculum Specifications for the Integrated Curriculum for Primary School Subjects.

• The writing of the textbook packages must fulfill the requirements of the National Philosophy of Education and the Objectives of Primary School Education which should help develop the potential of the pupils in a holistic, balanced and integrated manner.

Textbook Packages are:

a) Textbookb) Activity Bookc) Pupils CD-ROM (MYCD)d) Teacher’s CD-ROM for level 1e) Teacher’s Guidef) Practical Book

THE INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS TEXTBOOK PACKAGES (KBSM)

It consist of this following components and their functions:COMPONENTS FUNCTION

TEXTBOOK/MODULES -Translate the fundamentals required by the Syllabus and the Curriculum Specifications .- Provide knowledge in the form of concepts, facts and principles.- Facilitate and promote critical and creative thinking skills as well as thinking skills and thinking strategies.

SCIENCE PRACTICAL BOOK - Guide the pupils in conducting Science practical and writing scientific report of experiments

CD-ROM - Supplement the textbooks.- Reinforce the pupils understanding of specific topics learned from the textbooks.

TEACHER’S GUIDE - Assist teacher in planning and using the textbooks affectively in teaching and learning.

CD-ROM MyCD INTRODUCTION The production of textbook CD-ROMs is in line

with the programmatic of Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics in English which was entrenched by the government in 2003.

Publication of textbook CD-ROMs was in response to the government’s call to increase ICT applications in the teaching and learning processes.

As a result, new textbooks are published together with CD-ROMs as a packages.

There are two types of CD-ROMs: The pupil’s CD-ROMs or MyCD Teacher’s CD-ROMs

THE RATIONALE FOR PRODUCING TEXTBOOK CD-ROMs

• The producing CD-ROMs is in line with the requirements of the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English.

• The government’s effort to encourage the use of ICT starts in schools.

BRAILLE AND TALKING TEXTBOOK PROGRAM

• BRAIILLE TEXTBOOK It is a transcription of textbook from the normal text

to Braille Code System using a various combination of six dots.

• TALKING TEXTBOOK It is a textbook reproduced in the form of audio for

the visually impaired pupils. It is produced based on the

standard Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY).

THE RATIONALE FOR PRODUCING BRAIILE AND OF TALKING TEXTBOOK PROGRAM

• To provide Braille Textbook to visually impaired pupils in schools special needs integrated throughout the country.

• To facilitate the visually impaired pupils in accessing knowledge as their peers in the main stream schools.

• To encourage the use of textbook among pupils and teachers in the special needs education.

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