The document discusses the concept of learning resources, defining them as tools that aid in teaching and learning, ranging from textbooks to educational games and digital resources. It highlights the advantages and disadvantages of textbooks and workbooks, emphasizing their roles in providing structured information and aiding understanding while also noting potential drawbacks such as outdated content and lack of student engagement. Strategies for overcoming these weaknesses are suggested, including supplementary materials and higher-level questioning techniques.

1. Made by:
Mukta khatavkar
Semester III
D.Y.Patil School of education
Navi Mumbai

2. What Are Learning Resources?
 For many people, the words educational materials
invoke images of large, print, classroom textbooks with
small type, outdated information, and content that
covers the breadth but not depth of a subject. But
learning resources are more than that. They are any
tool that helps teachers teach and students learn

3.  Learning resources include:
 Textbooks (print and digital)
Workbooks
Worksheets
Manipulatives (blocks, beads, etc.)
Flashcards
Educator workshops
Non-fiction books
Posters
Educational games

4. Contd….
 Websites
Software
Online courses
Activity books
Graphic novels
Reference books
DVDs
CDs

5. Contd….
 Study guides
Teacher guides
Labs
Models
Movies
Televisions shows
Webcasts
Podcasts
Maps & atlases

6. Text book
 A textbook is a collection of the knowledge, concepts,
and principles of a selected topic or course. It's usually
written by one or more teachers, college professors, or
education experts who are authorities in a specific
field. Most textbooks are accompanied by teacher
guides, which provide you with supplemental teaching
materials, ideas, and activities to use throughout the
academic year

7. Advantages of text book
Textbooks are usually used in schools when learning
They are books that have been published to cover the
syllabus that a student is supposed to learn in one
grade. Each grade will use different text books.
The one benefit of using textbooks is that they provide
information. The teacher is a reliable source of
information, but textbooks can be used to provide
more. This is because teachers do not always mention
everything, maybe due to the limitation in duration of
the lessons

8. Contd…
 Textbooks will also help students in noting and
highlighting the key points. They can also add guides for
easy understanding of sentences. If they note the key
words, it makes it easier to remember even during
examinations.
 Textbooks are also used for future reference. Students will
always forget what they have been taught by the teacher.
They therefore need such books to keep referring to, in
order to refresh their memory. Textbooks are also a reliable
source of information because they may contain term
papers and thesis. They may come with instruction and
guide the student on the kind of question that they are
likely to encounter during examinations

9. Contd….
 Textbooks are a detailed sequence of teaching
proceduresthat tell you what to do and when to do it.
There are no surprises—everything is carefully spelled
out.
 Textbooks provide administrators and teachers with a
complete program. The series is typically based on the
latest research and teaching strategies.
 Good textbooks are excellent teaching aids. They're a
resource for both teachers and students.

10. Contd..
 Textbooks are especially helpful for beginning
teachers. The material to be covered and the design of
each lesson are carefully spelled out in detail.
 Textbooks provide organized units of work. A textbook
gives you all the plans and lessons you need to cover a
topic in some detail.
 A textbook series provides you with a balanced,
chronological presentation of information

11. Workbooks
Workbooks are often used in schools for younger
students, either in middle school or elementary
school. They are favored because students can work
directly in their books, eliminating the need
for looseleaf and copying questions from a textbook.

12. ADVANTAGES OF WORKBOOK
 Workbooks also hold an advantage because they are
usually smaller and lighter than textbooks, which equates
to less trouble when the student brings the book home to
complete their homework.
 The term workbook is also used to describe other
compilations of questions that require the reader to
complete scratch-work when dealing with higher-level
mathematics.
 More recently, electronic workbooks have permitted
interactive and customized learning. Such workbooks may
be used on computers, laptops, and may be web-based.

13. Disadvantages
 Some textbooks may fail to arouse student interest. It
is not unusual for students to reject textbooks simply
because of what they are—compendiums of large
masses of data for large masses of students. Students
may find it difficult to understand the relevance of so
much data to their personal lives

14. Weakness Student Difficulty Ways of Overcoming Problem
The textbook is designed as a the
sole source of information.
Students only see one perspective
on a concept or issue.
Provide students with lots of
information sources such as trade
books, CD-ROMS, websites,
encyclopedias, etc.
Textbook is old or outdated.
Information shared with students is
not current or relevant.
Use textbook sparingly or
supplement with other materials.
Textbook questions tend to be low
level or fact-based.
Students assume that learning is
simply a collection of facts and
figures.
Ask higher-level questions and
provide creative thinking and
problem-solving activities.
Textbook doesn't take students'
background knowledge into
account.
Teacher does not tailor lessons to
the specific attributes and interests
of students.
Discover what students know
about a topic prior to teaching.
Design the lesson based on that
knowledge.
Reading level of the textbook is too
difficult.
Students cannot read or
understand important concepts.
Use lots of supplemental materials
such as library books, Internet, CD-
ROMs, etc.
The textbook has all the answer to
all the questions.
Students tend to see learning as an
accumulation of correct answers.
Involve students in problem-solving
activities, higher-level thinking
questions, and extending activities.

15. Advantages and disadvantages

16.  References:
 Internet
 Books of education