MODEL FOR EVALUATION OF MAKTAB TEXTBOOKS QUALITY

Abstract

Inside the contemporary discourse on textbooks studies there is evident consensus that there is no unique model for evaluation of textbook quality. At the same time, there is a clear need for establishing of clear criteria for evaluation of textbooks’ material for the purpose of response to the needs of class communication and its participants. This paper represents an attempt to develop a model for evaluation of maktab class textbooks with respect to all relevant determinants. A prototype for quality evaluating is established and it starts with perception of textbooks as a medium for communication between attendants of maktab class and content that the textbooks provide. Accordingly, the model starts from the assumption that the aspect of content is equally important as the relative aspects of communication are equally important (the content that textbooks provide and the way that content is composed). Basing on the established prototype, the paper provides both quantity and quality analysis of the content of maktab textbooks. The paper offers suggestions for didactic modeling of maktab textbooks basing on the analysis results.