Transcript Prestbury Publishing Consultancy Brian Carvell

Prestbury Publishing
Consultancy
Brian Carvell
Scope of presentation
• Textbook production
• Delivery mechanisms
• New technologies in the teaching and
learning process
The past
• Wide range of small,
privately financed
publishers
• A narrow definition of the
product
• Strongly influenced by
authors
• Successful, well
established business
model
General aims of school publishing
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Support teaching and learning
Reflect the curriculum
Stimulate interest in subject
Increase pupils knowledge & understanding
Deepen pupils application of skills
Encourage active learning
Publishers’ Role in the
Value Chain
Learning
+ structure = element
School
+ pedagogy = Books/
Materials
+ programme
of study =
Course
+ interaction =
& testing + teacher Learning
Educational publisher
Student
Content
Recent Changes
New Technology helps educational publishers by:
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faster product development cycles
greatly increased product quality
customisation of products
customer contact and marketing
Electronic publishing
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Print on demand
Re-presenting content
Customisation
E Books
Searchable texts
Re-use of content
• Publishers extend their digital ownership of
content to re-purpose it for use in other
formats
PLAY
Electronic publishing
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Print on demand
Re-presenting content
Customisation
E Books
Searchable texts
Use of new technologies in school
history publishing
• arrangement of learning material in new ways
• access to a much wider range of source material,
including moving images
• customisation of learning materials to the learners’
needs
• online tutorials, lessons, practice tests
• monitoring pupils responses and tracking their
achievements.
A Council of Europe publication
Crossroads
• puts national history in a broader context
• compares and contrasts different
perspectives on some key events
• makes connections over time and across
space by examining source material
• looks at specific events from a variety of
perspectives
A Council of Europe publication
Play
History Live
• Modern
day history
through
video clips
• Collections of video clips bundled with assignments
for students
http://www.didactics.eu/index.php?id=2231
An Appropriate Solution
• The book will provide what works best in print
• Electronic elements will be an integral part
deepening the learning experience
• Teachers will become facilitators working with
integrated solutions for both class and home use
Modern World History: the
textbooks
Modern World History: Dynamic
Learning
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30 lessons written specifically by the authors for digital use inside and
outside the classroom.
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Activities are combined into coherent lesson sequences that provide a
starter and a main investigation to develop understanding, and revision
activities to reinforce learning.
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Additional resources include video links, animated maps and diagrams,
cartoon source analysis, and research tasks,
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Quizzes and tests are embedded in the activities
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e-Books for each textbook are available for displaying on the
whiteboard,
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artwork, photos and written sources from the Student’s Books are
available in the resource bank
Prosveshcheniye: Spheres
Publishers’ Role in the
Value Chain
Learning
+ structure = element
School
+ pedagogy = resource
+ programme
of study =
Course
+ interaction =
& testing + teacher Learning
Educational publisher
Student
Content
Challenges
• The erasing of barriers of time and
distance
• Self accountability
• Social structures
• Knowledge and authority
New technologies and educational
publishing
• Textbook production
• Delivery mechanisms
• New technologies in the teaching and
learning process