THE USE OF TEXTBOOKS IN DIFFERENT APPROACHES - HEJNY METHOD, MONTESSORI AND TRADITIONAL APPROACH IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
2017
Abstrakt
The present study reports on the use of (or lack thereof) textbooks in three different elementary level mathematics teaching methods - the Hejny method, the Montessori method, and the traditional approach. The aim of this study was to find out if the teachers, using the different teaching methods, use textbooks while teaching mathematics and if the textbooks play a key role in their classrooms.
Analysis of interviews with six teachers showed that using textbooks depends on the teaching method. With the Hejny method and the traditional approach, textbooks (workbooks) are followed.
On the other hand, teachers see them as the source of inspiration in the Montessori method.