University Textbooks; Research and Writting

University Textbooks; Research and Writting

Critical Review of the Book "Tools for Teaching"

Document Type : Book Critic

Authors
mahdieh sadat mirrahimi 1
parvin samadi 2
1 Assistant Professor, Educational Sciences, Hazrat Narjes Faculty, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran.
2 Department of Educational Management and Planning, Associate Professor of Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Al-Zahra University (S), Tehran, Iran
10.30487/rwab.2024.2023312.1603
Abstract
The present research aims to review the book Tools for Teaching.The research combined critical educational methods, book reviews, and philosophical exploration. The mentioned book is authored by Barbara Gross Davis, translated by Ahmadreza Nasrasafhani and colleagues, and published by Samt Publications in 2016. The tool of criticism was the checklist of academic textbooks of the Humanities Texts and Books Review Council. Qualitative content analysis was used for data analysis. Based on the findings, the strengths of the book include the diverse presentation of different teaching methods and their applications along with examples, the range of resources used at the end of each chapter, compliance with the principles and rules of writing, the state of good referencing, and the correct use of specialized terms. The shortcomings of the work are the lack of scientific analysis and criticism in each section and chapter of the book, the content overlap of some chapters, the content of the work not being compatible with religious and Islamic principles, and not using different scientific tools. It is better to make the necessary effort for the community to review the translated contents of the book and compare them in terms of meaning and concept. The book is well and fluently translated, but it is better to compile the book in two volumes for more conceptual study and use
Keywords
Education
Criticism
Textbook
Teaching Tools
Learning

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