Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K12 Science and Social Studies Content
Published: June 30, 2017
Table of Contents
- METHODOLOGY
- Table 1: Interview Breakdown by State and District and District Size
- About the Authors
- INTRODUCTION
- PEDAGOGY IS CHANGING
- Content Needs are Changing due to Pedagogy and Technology
- Short Shrift for Social Studies
- STEM Is Changing Science Teaching
- Table 2: Next Generation Science Standards States
- Table 3: Competitive Providers in Science
- DISTRICTS SAVE MONEY WITH OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES
- WHY DISTRICTS MOVE AWAY FROM LARGE TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS
- WHY DISTRICTS STICK WITH LARGE TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS
- THERE ARE BUMPS IN THE TRANSITION FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL
- BOTTOM UP AND TOP DOWN DECISION-MAKING
- Differing Views on Local Control
- CONCLUSIONS
Abstract
Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K12 Science and Social Studies Content
Simba Information's new report, Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K-12 Science and Social Studies Content, is a point-in-time-look at how instructional materials in science and social studies in K-12 education is being evaluated and selected based on interviews conducted in the first quarter 2017 with administrators in 31 school districts and six state or regional education agencies across 20 states.The findings are summarized and differentiated between science and social studies to provide a window into review/selection practices in districts, and the important considerations that are part of the current thinking. Statistical conclusions are not drawn, but the report touches upon many current hot-button topics relative to both subject areas.
Market Trends Covered:
- Changing content needs
- Impact of OER (open educational resources)
- Types of instructional materials preferred
- Pluses and minuses of choosing programs from big publishers vs. smaller publishers
- Bumpy transition from print to digital
- Changes in decision-making re acquisition of materials
- How districts view roles of the state re instructional materials
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