2. We must grant the artist his subject,
his idea, our criticism is applied only
to what he makes of it.
Henry James “Art of function”
3. Three possible ways of turning your
course design into actual teaching
material.
A. Select from existing material
: Material Evaluation
B. Write your own material :
Material Development
C. Modifying existing material :
Material adaptation
4. What is Material Evaluation
a)Evaluating is a matter of judging the fitness
of something for a particular purpose.
b)Evaluating is the concerned with the
relative merit.
c)There is no absolute good or bad, only
degrees of fitness for the required purpose.
5. How do you Evaluate Material
There are four major step of Evaluating
material :
1. Defining Criteria
2. Subjective analysis
3. Objective analysis
4. Matching
6. x
Objective Analysis
How does the
material being
evaluated realize
The criteria
Subjective Analysis
What realisation of
criteria do you want
in your course.
Matching
How far does the
material match
your need.
Define Criteria
On what base will
You judge material
Which criteria will
Be more important
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11. Conclusion :
If you eventually decide to write your
own material, the evaluation of the
existing materials can provide a good
source of idea (what to avoid as well
as what to do) and techniques.
