Write short notes on Precautions as a teacher while using ICT in teaching.
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Before selecting specific materials to teach evolution and the nature of science, it is important to identify criteria that can help evaluate school science programs and the design of instructional materials. Chapter seven in the National Science Education Standards, "Science Education Program Standards," describes the conditions needed for quality school science programs. These conditions focus on six areas:
Consistency across all elements of the science program and across the K-12 continuum
Quality in the program of studies
Coordination with mathematics
Quality resources
Equitable opportunities for achievement
Collaboration within the school community to support a quality program
Similarly, educators need to consider criteria against which to judge instructional materials. Teachers, curriculum designers, and other school personnel can use the following criteria to evaluate the design of a new curriculum, to select instructional materials, or to adapt instructional materials through professional development. No set of instructional materials will meet all the following criteria. You will have to make a judgment about the degree to which materials meet criteria and about acceptable and unacceptable omissions. These criteria are adapted from earlier discussions of standards-based curriculum.1