RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Stará, Jana
A1 Chvál, Martin
A1 Starý, Karel
T1 The Role of Textbooks in Primary Education
JF e-Pedagogium
YR 2017
VO 17
IS 4
SP 60
OP 69
DO 10.5507/epd.2017.053
UL https://e-pedagogium.upol.cz/en/artkey/epd-201704-0007.php
AB The article presents the results of a research with the objective of finding out what kind of influence textbooks have on teachers' decisions about the content and methods of their teaching, especially in comparison with other materials and factors. The research was particularly aimed at teachers of primary schools and textbooks and other teaching materials for social studies and sciences. The results show that even though the teachers believe that textbooks have a major influence on their teaching, they disagree with the idea that textbooks should determine the content and methods of teaching. The article will present you with some thoughts on how to overcome this contradiction.