THETEXTBOOK

Few tools have been so misused as text books in teaching. It will be know exaggeration to say that text books have become ends in the part of education. The teachers are following the text books blindly. The essence of Mathematics teaching consists in helping the children to discover the formula, truths etc… It is not desirable the pupils learn anything from the note book before the matter is taken up in the class.



Uses of the text book

1. Good text book saves the time of the teacher as well as of the learner.
2. Without a text book the duty of the teacher is so difficult in the teaching process. If there is no text book the teacher has to prepare the required exercises for every time, leads to wastage of time.
3. If there is no text book, the child has to listen and follow what the teacher said. If there is a text book the child can verify the teaching of the teacher at home.
4. Text is a cheapest and reliable tool of information.
5. It concise in the form of size.
6. Homework made easy.
7. A good text book furnishes a large collection of graded exercises.
8. It helps for self study and preparation for examination.


QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEXT BOOK


1. External qualities like get up, paper, printing etc.. Should be good.
2. Price of the text should reasonable.
3. Topics must be illustrated with diagrams, sketches and real life situations.
4. It should be free from mistakes.
5. The problems should be related to the daily life situations.
6. There should not be too many examples to avoid spoon feeding.
7. The matter should be regularly updated.
8. There should be some challenging exercises to satisfy the gifted.
9. It should satisfy the demands of examination also.
10. It should be easily available in the market.
11. Irrelevant matter should be avoided.