Prestbury Publishing Consultancy Brian Carvell. Scope of presentation Textbook production Delivery mechanisms New technologies in the teaching and learning.

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

• Support teaching and learning

• Reflect the curriculum

• Stimulate interest in subject

• Increase pupils knowledge & understanding

• Deepen pupils application of skills

• Encourage active learning

Educational publisher

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Publishers’ Role in theValue Chain

ContentContent LearningLearning

+ structure =+ structure = elementelement

+ pedagogy =+ pedagogy = Books/Books/ MaterialsMaterials

+ programme+ programme CourseCourse of study =of study = + interaction =+ interaction =

& testing + teacher& testing + teacher LearningLearning

Recent Changes

New Technology helps educational publishers by:

– faster product development cycles– greatly increased product quality– customisation of products– customer contact and marketing

Electronic publishing

• 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

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Electronic publishing

• 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

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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 • 30 lessons written specifically by the authors for digital use inside and

outside the classroom.

• Activities are combined into coherent lesson sequences that provide a starter and a main investigation to develop understanding, and revision activities to reinforce learning.

• Additional resources include video links, animated maps and diagrams, cartoon source analysis, and research tasks,

• Quizzes and tests are embedded in the activities

• e-Books for each textbook are available for displaying on the whiteboard,

• artwork, photos and written sources from the Student’s Books are available in the resource bank

Prosveshcheniye: Spheres

Educational publisher

School

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Publishers’ Role in theValue Chain

ContentContent LearningLearning

+ structure =+ structure = elementelement

+ pedagogy =+ pedagogy = resourceresource

+ programme+ programme CourseCourse of study =of study = + interaction =+ interaction =

& testing + teacher& testing + teacher LearningLearning

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