Text-Bode and an important and most widely used teaching aid. According to Dr. D.S. Kothari, ‘The question of text-books is the most important and urgent one for our country. Energetic on State and National basis is required to progress the preparation of high quality school text-books”.
‘New tools have been so misused as text-books in teaching.” It will be no exaggeration to say that text-books have become ends in education. The teacher follows them blindly. They are read out loudly, para by para in class by each of the pupils in turn; brief explanations and comments are given by teachers, and all the matter covered is to be memorized by the pupils in the class as well as at home.
Teacher may use any of the methods of teaching he feels a necessity of text-books. The work of the teacher does not end in the class-room he has to see that the pupil can readily apply the knowledge gained by him in the class-room. For this it is desirable to provide the student with a record of class-work and also some questions for practice. This record can be had, by the pupil, by taking notes in the class, but these lengthy dictation and notes may prove to be most-time consuming. A good text-book saves the times of the teacher as well as of the taught.
A text-book is probably the cheapest and most reliable source of information. It also serves as a reference book for the teacher.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
A text-book is a concise source of material for reviews. It helps the students to acquire the required information with speed. While revising his lessons pupils can work independently making use of text-books at his disposal.
A text-book helps these students in thoroughly understanding the subject matter. It also helps the students to make up his deficiency because of his failure to attend certain classes due to unavoidable reasons.
A teacher can make use of the text-book to give home-work and assignments to the pupils.
The text-bode specifies the standards expected to be attained by a particular class. It also gives suggestion about the use of various teaching aids and activities to be undertaken. A text-book also helps the teachers in teaching and correlating the subject with other things. It lays down the order of procedure.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
In lower classes text-books with colored illustrations provide an incentive to learning and they provide attraction for the young learner. That is why a text-book for every child has become essential equipment.