Critical review of the book "Designing Effective Instruction"

Today, in many business, industrial, and services organizations and other training institutes, there is growing attention to instructional design benefits and its use in creating effective learning environments. Although the field of instructional design in the global scientific community has developed, however, there are not enough resources in the Persian language in this area; resources that can meet the needs of professionals and students. "Designing Effective Education" is one of the best resources are translated to Persian. In this paper, the book has been reviewed and criticized. From a general point of view, the book -as an academic textbook- apparent positive features and content and instructional effectiveness. The authors of this book have offered a model of instructional design based on scientific principles and their experiences. This book is not only a scientific book, but also an educational textbook. In addition to the favorable properties, the book has a few shortcomings which are described in the article.