In Materials Evaluation, Cunningsworth (1995) stresses the importance of determining criteria relevant to the target learners
According to Materials Evaluation sub-title, the proposal of Tucker was
a five-category scheme for the evaluation and selection of textbooks
a four-component scheme for measuring the internal and external value of beginners’ textbooks
checklists of criteria for evaluating coursebooks
Good teachers are always adapting the materials, they are using to the context in which they are in order to achieve the optimal congruence between:
materials, learners autonomy, cognitive skills, teacher's teaching style, lesson plan.
materials, books, evaluation, target needs, students' personality, teacher's learning style
materials,methodology,learners,objectives,the target language and the teacher’s personality and teaching style.
When behaviourism was the dominant force in physocology and learning theory, most of extra funds from 1958 Act went directly into this behaviorist inspired methodologist to the use of drills, substitution tables.
Accordinng to Ritzer, there are a standardization of materials design and centralization of them. This is acording to the term:
Neoliberalism
Macdonaldization
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