Materials in the Teaching of Science

Abstract

THE development of teaching materials has been expanding rapidly for several decades. The effect of World War II was to reemphasize the value and need of such materials and to sharpen the imagination of teachers and students alike as to the use of these materials in ordinary educational situations. The increasing technological developments of the past few decades have necessitated more materials and have led to relatively new technics in their production. The profession of education has sensed the need for restudying the purposes, usefulness, and effectiveness of teaching materials. The area of science by its very nature has found this need rather acute.