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How much do you depend on a textbook for designing lessons?
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Bill T 6 nc I agree with Muinteor. Most science books are not that great. Most are outdated by the time they are printed because information comes so fast in the field of science. Often times, the books are way above the reading level of most of the students as well and are too focused on minutia, rather than the broad concepts they need in later years.
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Apr 2, 2013
h On 3/16/13, Point taken wrote: > How much do you depend on a textbook for designing lessons? The more experienced you become in teaching a subject, the more you will move away from following along with a textbook. I no longer teach in the order of the primary text. (I actually teach a course for which there is not one text anyway.) I find that ...See More
Apr 4, 2013
Buy into that fable, and bend over some more REAL teachers never incorporate textbooks into their lesson plans.

REAL teachers go home and spend four hours every night trying to reinvent science.

To hell with every single scientist in history, whose discoveries, contributions, and formulas are detailed in them cruddy old textbooks. In legible English. With explanatory picture...See More
Apr 4, 2013
Bill T 6 nc "Real," your sarcasm is underwhelming. Save it for the teachers' lounge. It does little good for anyone here...
Apr 5, 2013
muinteoir (sorry, long; but I tend to be opinionated) A few comments:

About the original question

The OP asked if how much textbooks were used in designing lessons, not the overall value of texts in general. I took that to mean following the plans, lessons, labs, activities that are described or listed in the books. I think there are much better resources for science teachers than ...See More
Apr 6, 2013


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