Lesson 6- Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials.


"You should have a good idea of your destination, both in the over-all purposes of education and in the everyday work of your teaching. If you do not know where  you are going, you cannot properly choose a way to get there."


To ensure that the instructional materials serve their purpose in instruction, we need to observe some guidelines in their selection and use. The materials that we select must:


 * give a true picture of the ideas that they present
 * contribute to the attainment of the learning objective.
 * be appropriate to the age, intelligence and experience of the learners.
 * be in good and satisfactory condition
 * provide for a teacher's guide.
 * help develop in the critical and creative thinking powers of students.
 * be worth the time, expense and effort involved.

  For optimum use of the instructional material, it is necessary that the teacher prepares:
 * herself
 * her students
 * the instructional material and does follow up.

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