Textbook Vs Teachers.

Textbooks all the way, my teachers explanations are also so vague, especially for history... and the only way I get top marks is by doing my own reading. This is true in state-schools mostly where the teaching is sub-standard for some subjects (especially history)

When you have a textbook that has mistakes on nearly every page like Further Pure 2 etc by aqa you will feel teachers and better than textbooks but i think that textbooks are good as well but need to be used with teaching

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Also does anyone notice how at alevel sometimes teachers just directly use the textbook for everything, I swear there's supposed to be teaching not copying. Like my maths teacher he often gets stuff wrong yet hes looking directly at the book. Sometimes I think having a teacher is good for easing you into a subject, but then when depth comes along then the textbook is more effective

I personally have always revised from textbooks and was wondering how many people did this and what grade they got. My courses are History, business and Law.

Out of interest, who believes teachers notes are more useful than a textbook? Or do you, like me, believe textbooks are more than enough to gain good grades?

This. My business teacher literally just reads out the book. In school I noticed this a lot more, I genuinely thought "What is the point in being here?"

This is a really good question tbh.

When you say "revise" it depends on what you mean. For example for my GCSE Biology we used to make notes every lesson however I never once used these notes for revision. In terms of A-levels I do use my notes a lot for my subjects. However for Philosophy I use the little notes I made from the teacher talking and apply them to what's written in the textbook. I do this because I find my teachers notes extremely confusing and the textbook is a lot more clear at explaining things.

I do think textbooks are useful within reason. I think teachers notes combined with textbook are good. However I do think teachers notes can be extremely hard to understand at times.

In terms of what you asked:

I never revise solely from a textbook without referring to my notes. (Apart from GCSEs).
However I do think if I would have had the Philosophy textbook before my January exam I would have gotten a better grade. The teacher cannot cover everything in depth when there is such little time, in which case the textbook is amazing... Because it picks up on links and goes into depth.

If a teacher is good, and I mean really good I don't think a textbook is needed. However a textbook always provides that something more with extra tips and what not that a teacher doesn't provide.

For me personally I read people on TSR self teach themselves subjects and I find this extraordinary. I don't think I could ever do such a thing. For me a teacher is needed to explain the core basics then I think I could manage to pass with the help of a textbook. But for me to rely just on the textbook without a teacher... I would find this virtually impossible.

Overall I'd say a mixture of the both is best.

I personally have always revised from textbooks and was wondering how many people did this and what grade they got. My courses are History, business and Law.

Out of interest, who believes teachers notes are more useful than a textbook? Or do you, like me, believe textbooks are more than enough to gain good grades?