Types of Materials and Resources for Instruction

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Table of Contents

Introduction
New Technologies
Conclusion
Reference list

Introduction

In spite of where an individual places the entry point of a course or lesson, some learners tend to be beyond that position while others are below that level. Most of the course work and lecture planning is seen as a game where individuals tend to offer several guidelines at the primary level of comprehending of many learners. However, unless a certain program is personalized like in the course of “programmed and computer-assisted instruction curricula”, several guidelines should be given to a student at the average level within the classroom and at the same time fulfilling the requirements of special or unique students. In this case, this paper will address several educational resources used by instructors to teach or instructor students.

New Technologies

Currently, technology is advancing tremendously due to the drastic altering markets and rising competition, therefore instructors or teachers are experiencing greater pedagogical and academic predicaments. Therefore, in order to prepare learners, instructors should train or teach more widespread and demanding areas, create diverse instructional approach and as a result capture many learners or students. In order for them to achieve this, they have to use different educational resources. There are several educational resources that are used to teach students or any other group of people (Free Article, 2009, par. 3-4). Educational resources are resources used in order for individuals to acquire information. Firstly, there is the audio like cassette. This is a device or resource that can be listened to by an individual and out it extracts some important information.

Video

Secondly, there is the video which is an educational resource. A video refers to the electronically image and tracking, dispensing, assembling, broadcasting and recreating knowledge that represents scenes in action. Video for instance the DVD is resource that can be viewed and heard. This is better than the audio since one can view and listen at the same time. Therefore, they tend to communicate a message or information better than the audio because as on view she or he can relate with words that are heard. In addition, since communication is essential in the business field in order for the business to perform well and develop, hence video seminars has been one of the top most methods of communication used in business (Article Base, 2009, par.1-2).

Textbooks

Thirdly, there is the textbook which play an important part in teaching or training especially in several parts of the third world countries. Textbook are termed as the key educational resources in the schools and without textbooks probably there could be no schools. In addition, they give learners a wealthy collection of modern and probably good information and create a room of fantastic occurrence. It is clear that the accessibility to and availability of text book is a key or essential issue that determine the academic attainment of an individual or a school. This is a hard copy of pieces of paper that are written in order to help the student to read and understand. In addition, textbook can be available as softcopy that is online textbook. This type of softcopy textbook can be studied online, printed or downloaded with no extra cost. Currently, open or softcopy textbook has been one of the probable solutions in solving some of the predicaments associated with traditional or hardcopy textbook like publishing. However, due to the establishment of electronic educational resources, textbooks are not utilized as they used to be earlier on (Mohammad & Kumari, 2007, P. 2-3). This is because, they are cumbersome to carry, and they are expensive and require a large space for storage as compared to electronic resources.

Infographics

In addition, there are the graphical representations like graphs. Graphing is utilized in our day to day life in order to communicate certain information. These are used to represent written information in simple symbol. Moreover, they are pictures, which assist people comprehend quantities. These quantities are referred to as data or information. There are different types of graphs and each has unique sections; like line graph, dot graph, pictographs and bar graphs among others. Comparison of information in written words can be difficult but when graphs are utilized it becomes easier to comprehend the information. In addition, pictographs are mostly used during childhood age at institutions like school (Cain & Waters, 200o, p. 7).

Similarly, there are educational resources called maps. A map refers to the visual demonstration of a place or an area and it shows the association between places, subjects and objects. Therefore, these resources are very significant in several ways. For instance, they are utilized in various field or learning such as DNA mapping, space, brain mapping, architecture and computer course among others. In addition, a map offers an immediate observation of a specified document. Moreover, by looking at a map, one can comprehend the paths or routes despite the fact that one has not been in a certain place earlier. Therefore, a map can be one’s instructions while visiting a new area (Blurtit, 2009, par.1).

Conclusion

In conclusion there are different education resources that are used in training students. In addition, there are different resources for every stage in life.

Category	Materials/Resources	Early Childhood	Learning Disabled	Hearing Impaired	Gifted/ Talented	Limited sight	Behaviorally challenged	ESl/ multicultural
Textbook	Human Anatomy and physiology	0	0	0	X	0	0	X
Graphs	Line graph	0	0	0	X	0	0	X
Audio	The lost	X	X	0	X	X	X	X
Video	My family	X	X	X	X	0	X	X
maps	Kenya map	0	0	X	X	0	0	X

Table 1: A matrix table showing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the above discussed educational resources

Reference list

Article base, (2009). Importance of Video seminar, Webinar and Video. Web.

Blurtit, (2009). What Is The Importance Of Maps? Web.

Cain, J., & Waters, K., (2000). Understanding Graphs. Educ-200 Curriculum Project. Web.

Free Article, 2009. Importance of Audio Visuals for Business Presentations. Web.

Mohammad, F., & Kumari, R., (2007). Effective Use of Textbooks: A Neglected Aspect of Education in Pakistan. Journal of Education for International.

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