INTRODUCTION

Textbooks are an invaluable tool, for both teachers and students. They provide a coherent approach to a subject, and they help define which parts of the material are of core importance and therefore should be taught. Textbooks provide a springboard for classroom discussion, and they often contain activities to concretize and expand on the material. They can also be a lifeline for teachers in unfamiliar waters-particularly for those who are called upon to teach a subject with which they are not completely familiar. All of our personal libraries have well-thumbed through textbooks, testaments to our odyssey as evolving learners and teachers, and testaments to the permanent value of books in our learning and our lives.

 

The subject matter was impenetrable, the teacher was less than riveting, the visuals were mediocre, but the textbook was outstanding. 

 

 

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