Textbooks are generally required for school teaching, which contains the main contents of teacher teaching.
In the past, purchasing textbooks was one of the main costs for students to study in school.When I was a child, I had to pay three fees: tuition, books and miscellaneous fees.The latter two items are collectively referred to as agency fees, which are purchased by the school on behalf of the students.
Our country has been very poor, the state does not have enough education funds for students to buy books to study, so students need books (mainly textbooks) can only be purchased by students' families.But most students have financial difficulties.In this way, our textbooks are often so thin that they can only contain the basic content needed for teaching, and in this way they can be used to reduce the price of textbooks as much as possible.
During the planned economy, the paper quality of textbooks was also quite poor due to the lack of paper.In order to focus on protecting the eyesight of young people, primary and secondary school textbooks can generally be printed with white newspapers, and university books are very difficult to print on paper.In the late 1950s and early 1960s, some textbooks used in higher education were even printed on recycled paper.The original broken type, which had not been completely crushed, was often seen between the lines.
This situation has gradually improved since the reform and opening up, and now the quality of paper used in all kinds of textbooks has improved greatly.
Although the quality of textbooks used in higher education has improved, most textbooks still contain very little content and are still the most basic contents of teaching.Maybe this habit has been developed and it's hard to change.
Textbooks are "less and less sophisticated", which is very detrimental to students' self-study.Such books, which are only "thin bones", often require detailed explanations from teachers to be easy to understand.It will be very difficult for students to see for themselves.Many textbooks simply list concepts and say theorems and laws that often lack context, and students often don't know what they're learning for.The appearance of some conceptual nouns is very abrupt and confusing.
Our textbooks, for the description of many theories, need to add some background materials, but also a little introduction to the history of science.For some noun concepts, you also need to say a little historical background, introducing how these nouns came about, including how Chinese words are translated, and what are the differences between original and modern meanings.Knowing this kind of knowledge makes it easy to publicize scientific ideas, to know how scientific research is conducted, and to understand the significance of scientific discussion.
For some theories, it is necessary to describe a little bit of its application, which can be applied in scientific research, production, and life.This can increase beginners' interest in learning, and it can also allow students to learn the application of scientific theories.
Textbooks of this discipline should be introduced to the newly developed scientific theories and doctrines in recent years.Although it may not be necessary for students to study in depth due to the profoundness of new theories and theories, it is also possible to make a general introduction to facilitate their continued study.
The application of scientific theories and theories is constantly expanding.For the new application of this discipline theory in productive life, some introduction can make the learner feel friendly and increase the motivation of learning.
Some people will say that there are so many lessons, but now they are not enough, and they have added so much content.
The problem is that the large amount of materials in textbooks, if they are easy for students to understand, do not need teachers to teach them, and should be studied by students themselves.We now have a habit of teaching everything, learning what teachers teach for the examination, drawing a small range, students learn this, examination.It's a very bad habit we've had since elementary and middle school.
Some students from middle school to college, still do not read books themselves, just listen to what the teacher said, now do not take notes, just copy the teacher's PPT.Learn these things in the PPT and do these exercises.Without a deep understanding of the substance of these theories, regardless of their application.Many chemistry students encounter very simple chemical problems in life, often confused, to a large extent, they do not read books to study, do not really understand these chemical theories and chemical knowledge.
Students should gradually develop the habit of being able to study from an early age.Therefore, in primary and secondary school textbooks, we should gradually increase the length of our own study.To increase the amount of reading students, reduce those simple repetitive "scratching problems".
The content of various examinations should also be greatly expanded, and it should not always be limited to such a little content, to compete who is more proficient in the questions.You can't just do some multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks, but also do more essay questions that need to be thoughtful and expressed in your own language.
Our examination now is too particular about the details and not about whether the student has mastered the theory of the subject in general.In fact, many details will soon be forgotten after the examination, and the overall understanding of discipline theory and doctrine is the most important, and often can be forgotten for a long time, and even a lifetime can be taken out at any time.Our teaching should enable students to truly master the fundamental content of these disciplines.In fact, only by knowing more about the applications, and knowing more about the fields of application, can we understand the essence of the theory more deeply.
Textbooks can be more content, teachers only introduce and explain the more difficult parts, explain the important theoretical parts, so that students understand the concept and understand the essence of the theory.Most of the rest should be viewed by the students themselves.
Most of the textbooks we have today do not have references.The references mentioned here are not listed at the end of the book, but when explaining a problem, a main concept, or point of view, they are listed, and you can read them to understand this content more deeply.In this way, certain issues can be introduced without elaborating, but rather interested readers to read the literature for in-depth understanding.With these references, good students can learn further.
There is also a relatively simple technical problem that needs to be solved, that is, textbooks should also have indexes.A good textbook, not for the examination, can be thrown away after the examination.It should have the function of being consulted at any time.Human memory is always limited, there is always content to be forgotten, and it is easy to refer to with an index.Our textbooks often don't have an index.In fact, there are computers now, and indexing is much easier than in the past.
In order to make textbooks as described above, the editors of textbooks need to have a high academic level.They should be continuous learners and keep pace with the times, not only doing their own research, but also have a good understanding of new achievements in the entire discipline.Such a scholar is indeed rare, but there is always one.
The question is whether they have the motivation to do so, and how to make these great scholars so motivated.
In addition, people are often habitual, and many of our teachers have become accustomed to the learning habits they have developed since childhood.Many of them are struggling to come up with the problem, and it is often difficult to reform.It is also necessary to emancipate the mind, study seriously, and innovate boldly.
Of course, the problem that follows is that such textbooks are much more expensive than current textbooks.Whether people can adapt to such prices also needs to be considered.
It is not easy to have a good textbook.But today, teachers who are not good enough to grade professors, who do not do research or understand the development of their disciplines, often put together a textbook.Such a book, even if there is no big mistake, is very mediocre, lack of advanced, but the school concerned is also a teaching achievement, to show that they attach importance to teaching.Such "results" are simply a waste of social resources.
In short, the quality of textbooks is a big problem in teaching and needs to be considered by everyone, and where reform is necessary, we must seriously change it.