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The aim of this empirical study is to present the results of research on primary school teachers teaching a new science topic using identical textbook materials. At first theoretical resources and the state of the art of using teaching materials by teachers are described with respect to the transformation of untraditional content and to the introduction of untraditional teaching methods. In the next part, research methodology is presented. Research data was obtained from an analysis of teaching materials, from in-depth interviews with three teachers and from observing their teaching. The next part is devoted to research results and discussion. The teachers drew heavily on procedures suggested in the teachers’ guide when they planned their lessons; the difference was in the depth of understanding, which was also apparent during the lessons. The first teacher developed suggestions; the second one accepted them but implemented them inefficiently. The third one was selecting aspects of the curriculum and procedures according to her preferences. Especially in cases where the textbook resources present the subject matter in a new and non-traditional way, teachers’ understanding of the structure may suffer as may the subject matter, the educational objectives and the proposed methodological approach es. For some of them textbook materials can be the source of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, for others they are just the source of didactic suggestions whose purposes can be explained by teachers sometimes quite differently from the purposes of textbook material authors. The understanding of teachers’ problems with introducing innovations is the starting point for thinking about effective forms of their professional support.
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The present paper presents the results of the analysis of secondary school geography textbooks. The choice of the research methods had been determined by the applicability of the results in practice. Two main methodological procedures were applied: The method of measurement of the didactic potentiality and the measurement of the text difficulty level by means of the Complex text difficulty rate. At the beginning of the research, a hypothesis was set supposing a connection between the level of didactic potentiality and adequacy of the text difficulty level. The hypothesis validity was confirmed by statistical evaluation of the ascertained facts. A possible contribution to the research is expressed in the conclusion of this thematic contribution, namely from the point of view of its contents, methodology and above all practice. It indicates also the further perspectives of the research, particularly in the situation when, at present, the evaluation of textbooks as a part of the pedagogical research is still a side issue in this country.
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