중등학교 교과서 선정을 위한 평가 기준 및 척도 개발

Abstract

This study aims to make the textbook evaluation tool which were developed in the second phase of the research applicable to real school settings. To achieve the purpose, the study first revised the textbook evaluation tool which is composed of evaluation categories, criteria, and sub-criteria. School teachers and textbook professionals reviewed the tool thoroughly and deleted inappropriate evaluation categories and criteria. Then the revised textbook evaluation tool was applied to the four subjects of English, Social Studies, Science, and Technology & Domestic Science. The ten school teachers of those subjects examined the applicability of all the evaluation criteria and sub-criteria. The final version of the evaluation tool was completed based on the results of the examination. The textbook evaluation tool has 6 evaluation categories, 17 criteria, and 40 sub-criteria. The categories are Curriculum, Selection of Contents, Organization of Contents, Teaching-Learning Methods, Assessment, and Graphic layout and Orthography. Each evaluation area has two to four evaluation criteria. A criterion has two or three sub-criteria. Each sub-criterion has a scale of five points. The textbook evaluation tool is expected to play a facilitating role in leading to improvement in quality of textbooks.