Show 23 Criteria for the selection circulars bulletins Handbooks time and evaluation of and magazines have free material from time to given references to agencies and organizations from which free material and inexpensive may be received De Barnardis recommends the following criteria for use in the evaluation and selection of such material Content: Is the material accurate authentic and free from exaggeration? Are the vocabulary and concepts developed adapted to maturity level of children being taught? Timeliness: Is the material up to date? Does it present additional information to that already available in other sources? Format: Is the material well organized printed clearly easy to read not cluttered by extraneous detail? Advertizing: Is the advertising reduced to a minimum? Does it detract from the materials being presented? Is the advertising general for the product or specific for the brand? 5 1 2 3 4 v Such a form makes it possible to keep an accurate record of the selection or rejection of free materials and the reason for such action coming It can also serve as a ready reference aids Audio-visu- al Committee on Propaganda said The teachers great harm if it were DeBarnardis for the Asking National Education Association °The problem selection rather than total exclusion 62 new into the system Sponsored p file for is one of The school would to shut itself off from real Amo discriminating life suffer simply because Evaluating Teaching Materials That are Free The Nation s Schools Vol 44 No 4 October 1949 |