Harmonization of didactic and methodical apparatus of the textbook Man and Nature 4 with objectives and expected standards of achievement .

• Author: Ruzhdi Kadrija
• Position: European University of Tirana, Tirana
• Pages: 170-178

ISSN 2410-759X

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania Vol. 1 No. 3

January 2016

170

Harmonization of didactic and methodical apparatus of the textbook Man

and Nature 4

with objectives and expected standards of achievement

PhD (C.)Ruzhdi Kadrija

European University of Tirana, Tirana

Abstract

Didactic and methodical apparatus in the textbook Man and Nature 4 is part of not

literal of this textbook and consists of illustrations, photographs, question and other

educational tasks. It is in function of a better understanding of the teaching contents and

in order to build active and interactive of the knowledge and other educational qualities.

For this research we carefully analyzed the objectives and expected standards of the

curriculum for the school subject Man and Nature for the fourth grade. These curriculum

objectives we compared with the illustrations, tasks and other didactic and methodical

activities of educational apparatus of the textbook in this subject. From the comparison

of this didactic apparatus with the objectives and expected results of the relevant

curriculum we found interesting and important data. As far as we observed, didactic

and methodical apparatus of the textbook Man and Nature 4 is not sufficiently harmonized

with the curriculum objectives of this school subject, needs and opportunities of the

schoolchildren of this age. This analysis and comparison we based on Benjamin Bloom’s

teaching objectives hierarchy. Didactic and methodical apparatus if the textbook Man

and Nature 4 stands at lower level compared with the teaching goals and expected

objectives and standards to achieve in this school subject. It has particularly mechanical

repetition dispositions and passive knowledge studied from the textbook of this school

subject. These data and findings in this research will be presented through percentages,

and different graphical tables.

Keywords: Textbooks, School curricula, Didactic-methodical equipment, Contemporary

teaching, Learning objectives.

Introduction

Teaching is a planned activity and process organized systematically to educate young

generations. For this purpose the Ministry of Education prepares curricula for

teaching subjects for special education rate. In these curriculums besides are defined

the teaching contents that will be learned by schoolchildren, teaching strategies

and the objectives and standards of achievement of schoolchildren in lessons. These

official norms instructions and psycho-pedagogical must adhere the textbooks and

teachers in their pedagogical work. In this paper the research object and analysis is

Harmonization of didactic and methodical apparatus of the textbook Man and Nature

4 with objectives and expected standards of achievement. The school subject Man

and Nature in Kosovo is taught from grade III –V in the primary school. Its matter

consists of four teaching entireties with basic knowledge of Biology, Chemistry,

Physics and Geography. The authors of the textbook Man and Nature 4 have not

harmonized enough didactic and methodical apparatus of the textbook with the

objectives and expected standards of achievement for this school subject. The

photographs, illustrations and other tasks of this textbook are mostly of repeating