GCSE ICT 
Education and ICTTheory
Page 4: Textbooks
The traditional method of teaching and imparting knowledge involves using textbooks. Teachers ask students to read a section about a specific topic and then answer questions in the book.
Nowadays the focus of teaching and learning has changed from students being "spoon-fed" information to students being required to find out things for themselves.
There are a whole range of different methods that can be used in classrooms today to impart knowledge to students.
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Advantages of text books |
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People enjoy holding books
and turning the pages |
Information can be trusted to reliable
and correct |
Pages can be photocopied and put into notes |
Text is written at the correct level for students |
Books are often written for a specific syllabus |
Books generally come with pre-set questions and exercises |
Disadvantages of text books |
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| Become out of date quickly | Pages can be torn out or damaged | |
| Can be easily lost | Cannot be updated once published | |
| Need a book for every student | Fairly expensive - a single textbook can be between £10-£20 each | |
Challenge see if you can find out one extra fact on this topic that we haven't already told you
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