Assignment on the textbook as a learning tool and device.

1. SAMEEN FATIMA
TOPIC
HOW ARE THE TEXTBOOKS LEARNING TOOLS OR
DEVICES?

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CONTENT
 HOW ARE THE TEXTBOOKS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES? Page # 2
 INTRODUCTION OF TEXT BOOK page # 2
 Reference book page # 2
 Main textbook page # 2
 Supplementary book page # 2
 DEFINITION OF TEXT BOOK page # 2
 IMPORTANCE OF TEXTBOOKS Page # 2
 TEXTBOOKS AS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES page # 2
 THE OBJECTIVE IN USING TEXTBOOKS page # 2
 ROLE OF TEXTBOOKS IN STRUCTURING AND ORGANIZED LEARNING page # 2
 ROLE OF TEXTBOOKS IN GUIDING LEARNINIG page # 2
 THE AUTHOR CONTRACT ABOUT TEXTBOOKS page # 3
 TEXTBOOKS AND STUDENTS page # 3
 TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHERS page # 3
 TEXTBOOKS AND GOVERNMENT page # 3
 TEXTBOOKS AND INTERNET page # 3
 TEXTBOOKS AND LECTURE NOTES page # 3

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HOW ARE THE TEXTBOOKS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES?
INTRODUCTIONOF TEXTBOOK
Textbooks are standardized collection of the subject matter that has to be taught to the students. There
are the three types of text books;
 Reference books
 Main text books
 Supplementary books
Reference book: A book containing useful facts or specially organized information as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook etc.
Main textbook: A book of syllabus and complete course information with accurate binding for students.
Supplementary book: A supplementary book is a workbook that comes with a regular textbook.
DEFINITION OF TEXTBOOK
The textbook is a bounded and printed artifact for each year or course of study. It contains fact and ideas
around a certain subject. It is not written by a single author, nor a creative and imaginative endeavor.
IMPORTANCE OF TEXTBOOKS
Textbooks are especially used for beginning teachers.
Textbooks provide organized units of work.
A textbook series provides you with a balanced, chronological presentation of information.
Textbooks give concrete from to the curriculum. Scope of any topic can be better know with the help of textbooks.
Textbooks help the teacher in right planning of the yearly work.
Textbooks should based on the characteristics of the students.
Textbooks toward the promotion of national goals like democracy, socialism, secularism and national integration.
Good textbooks written round topics, theme, movement or problems are essential. Most of the education was imparted orally and verbally.
Textbooks should serve as tools in the hands of teachers.
TEXTBOOKS AS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES
The results indicate that textbooks are generally viewed as reliable tools which provide creditable information that supports and enhances
students' understanding of critical concepts, and that they present bite-size chunks of information to cement student learning.
The objectives in using textbooks:
A textbook can be conceived as a working tool either for the teacher or for the pupil. Decisions as to choice in this respect will determine the
nature of the textbook as a tool for communication: language used, quantity and level of information, text, illustrations and links between the
latter two elements. Generally speaking, the least developed countries give priority to textbooks for pupils. For teachers, the choice is that of a
teacher's guide which differs from school textbooks in its nature. Moreover, the possibility of collective use, for example in a class, of certain
elements in the textbook, such as illustrations, maps, diagrams, can also be considered; this reduces production costs. In this way the textbooks
are convenient learning tools or devices.
Role of textbooks in structuring and organized learning:
The textbook suggests a progression in the learning process organized in successive blocks of teaching units. It offers several possibilities for the
organization of learning:
- from practical experience to theory;
- from theory to practical exercises with assessment of what has been learned;
- from practical exercises to theoretical elaboration;
- from statements to examples and illustration;
- from examples and illustrations to observation and analysis.
This show that the textbooks are the learning devices.
Role of textbooks in guiding learning:
To guide the pupil in his perception and comprehension of the outside world, in putting together knowledge acquired from sources other than the
curriculum, in mastering what he has learned. There are two alternatives, either of which can be used to guide the learning process:
- repetition, memorization, copying models;

4. - more open and creative activities where the pupil can make use of his own experiences and observations.
According to the subject, progress can be:
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- more constraining for subjects like mathematics, science, reading, foreign languages:
- less constraining for literary texts, geography, history (chronological order).
According to its pedagogical conception, and depending upon the learning objectives, the textbook can comply with:
- a more "interventionist" instruction for the transmission of knowledge; this highlights the constraining influence of the textbook on teaching
and learning;
- a more open instruction, facilitating the pupil's development of aptitudes for observation, reflection and a certain autonomy in his learning
activities. For this type of instruction; the teacher will need good professional training.
The textbook often expresses a specific perception of communication and child-adult and pupil-teacher relationship. And an efficient tool
for learning.
THE AUTHOR’S CONTRACT ABOUT TEXTBOOK
The content of an author's contract and its wording are drafted in accordance with customs and legislation in the country concerned. However,
some specific items should preferably be mentioned:
- type and level of instruction, individual or collective, level of pupils, qualifications of teachers;
- the outline of the textbook;
- approximate number of pages in a defined format;
- submission dates for various chapters and the final typed manuscript.
TEXTBOOKS AND STUDENTS:
The textbooks are very important for students. They help the students in number of ways. As we know the present age is a digital age every
student is wanting that the source of learning must be digital (mobile phones, tablets, laptops…etc with internet connection). But the drawback is
that if we have the above learning sources we don’t pay our full attention to our studies because the internet with availability of various options
(entertainment programs, social media etc). So if we have the textbooks as the learning tools or devices, we can pay proper attention. The
students take deep interest in their studies. Textbooks are great learning tools because they provide a complete platform of information about a
certain topic. If a student has a textbook of his course and he wants to get information about his certain topic for preparation and he studies his
textbook then he will get the complete important points of his topic.
TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHERS:
It provides a set of visuals, activities, readings, etc., and so saves the teacher time in finding or developing such materials. It
provides teachers with a basis for assessing students' learning. Some textbooks include tests or evaluation tools. This paper explores teachers’
use of textbooks in the digital age. After discussing student expectancies and needs, textbook use and the affordances of modern technology, the
paper reports the results of a small-scale pilot study involving eight higher education teachers who discuss the use of textbooks in higher
education in the digital age. Teachers use the textbooks as the learning tool because they want to tell the students that the textbooks are the best
source of syllabus content for students. The teachers also use the textbooks as these are the representative of the exam pattern.
“A teacher is founder of a nation. As he is a role Model for students.”
TEXTBOOKS AND GOVERNMENT:
The textbooks are the standardized books. The textbooks which are recommended to students are actually selected by the government. The
government chooses the syllabus according to the IQ level of the students. The 90% students of same age are in same class. So the government
chooses the same textbook for the same class. The final papers take according to the selected textbook syllabus. Nothing is unseen and nothing is
out of course. That’s why the textbooks are best learning tools or devices. That’s why textbooks are preferred better learning tools.
TEXTBOOKS AND INTERNET:
Books are indeed more reliable than the sources on the internet because they have been reviewed before publishing. The information of books
stays for a long period while you may have the information on the internet changing every hour. Then proved textbooks are more reliable then
internet. Textbooks give us knowledge better than internet. Internet takes our lots of time but through textbooks we get things easily and in short
time. As I discussed earlier internet is a source of distraction for students as it is a larger source of entertainment. Thus we can say a textbook is
a learning tool or device.
As a writer Cicero said:
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
TEXTBOOKS AND LECTURE NOTES:

5. Lectures notes are the main points of the topics. These notes are the highlights of whole syllabus. If we want to go through the syllabus only for
remembering and refresh the already learned course then it will be helpful. Otherwise lecture notes don’t provide the accurate detailed
information. For this purpose textbooks are only way through which we can study the whole subject easily. And when we are learning through
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textbooks then we are getting each and every point. And there is no fear that we can drop some certain point. So we can say the textbooks are
the accurate learning tools or devices. Mostly lecture notes are used when the time is short and the exams are near. And we only want to
remind the main points. It may be a convenient source when we are wanting the active learning. Otherwise for the detailed study the textbooks
are best.
THE READING OF ALL GOOD BOOKS LIKE COVERSATION WITH THE FINEST MEN OF THE PAST CENTURIES.
-RENE’ DESCARTES.

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REFERENCES
 HOW ARE THE TEXTBOOKS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES?
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 312
 INTRODUCTIONOF TEXTBOOK
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 312
 Reference Book
Arvind Shah, Hand Book of Compositionand Communication skills, Edition 2015, page# 312
 Main Textbook
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 312
 Supplementary Book
Arvind shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 312
 DEFINITION OF TEXTBOOK
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 313
 IMPORTANCE OF TEXTBOOKS
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 313
 TEXTBOOKS AS LEARNING TOOLS OR DEVICES
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 313
 THE OBJECTIVE IN USING TEXTBOOKS
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 313
 ROLE OF TEXTBOOKS IN STRUCTURING AND ORGANIZED LEARNING
Arvind Shah. Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 314
 ROLE OF TEXTBOOKS IN GUIDING LEARNING
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 314
 THE AUTHOR’S CONTRACT ABOUT TEXTBOOKS
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 314
 TEXTBOOKS AND STUDENTS
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 315
 TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHRES
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 315
 TEXTBOOKS AND GOVERNMENT
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 316
 TEXTBOOKS AND INTERNET
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 316

7.  TEXTBOOKS AND LECTURE NOTES
Arvind Shah, Hand Book ofComposition and Communication skills, Edition 2015, page # 316