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The period since 2011 was groundbreaking for Polish schools. The Government implemented the “Digital School” project as a pilot creation of inclusive 14 e-textbooks for Polish schools. However, in recent months we have seen how the Ministry of Education in turn withdraws and then returns to the idea of the publication of those texbooks on the open licenses. We see that without appropriate provisions, this kind of fires will be put out each time when the Ministry considers this solution as too complicated to implement.
We are convinced that in Poland it is necessary to provide free access to textbooks and educational materials for students of all grades. There is a need for systemic, political solutions, providing greater choice for teachers, tailored to the diverse needs of students. To prepare arguments for the successful introduction of the topic of open education to public and political debate, we want to prepare recommendations for a new legislation. The best way to introduce these is preparing a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). RIA is a document that describes the benefits and social costs of the proposed solutions.
Preparing recommendations and RIA on the one hand engage experts from different fields of law (legislation), economics, access for the disabled, social studies and education. On the other hand, we want to consult with experts, practitioners and stakeholder groups – parents and teachers. We are collecting examples of good (and bad) practices among our partners and interested organizations.
We are currently implementing a research to examine the use of open textbooks and materials by teachers. Using the methodology of action research, we prposed to teachers from one of the elementary schools to monitor and record their everyday practices in using of such materials in their work. This will tell us how teachers use already available government’s texbook for the 1st grade of primary school and whether they use other, similar metrials on CC licences. The study is accompanied by a survey, which is sent out to over 1,500 teachers in Poland, asking them to answer the questions of what kind are the materials they use in their classes and if they are free-licenced. Results from both the action research and the survey will be unique source of knowledge about use of open educational resources in the Polish school.
The results of quantitative and qualitative research will be supplemented by three expert analysis: economic (cost / benefit analysis for stakeholders with particular emphasis on parents and publishers), an analysis of the benefits of accessibility for people with disabilities (which will respond, inter alia, to the question why there are no materials based on CC licence directly targeted to persons with special educational needs) and legal analysis, in which we look at the possible scenarios of legal regulation and describe the best and the necessary steps for their introduction.
The results of all the research components that make up the pioneering and unique research in the Polish education, we would like to present at the conference OER 15.
We are convinced that in Poland it is necessary to provide free access to textbooks and educational materials for students of all grades. There is a need for systemic, political solutions, providing greater choice for teachers, tailored to the diverse needs of students. To prepare arguments for the successful introduction of the topic of open education to public and political debate, we want to prepare recommendations for a new legislation. The best way to introduce these is preparing a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). RIA is a document that describes the benefits and social costs of the proposed solutions.
Preparing recommendations and RIA on the one hand engage experts from different fields of law (legislation), economics, access for the disabled, social studies and education. On the other hand, we want to consult with experts, practitioners and stakeholder groups – parents and teachers. We are collecting examples of good (and bad) practices among our partners and interested organizations.
We are currently implementing a research to examine the use of open textbooks and materials by teachers. Using the methodology of action research, we prposed to teachers from one of the elementary schools to monitor and record their everyday practices in using of such materials in their work. This will tell us how teachers use already available government’s texbook for the 1st grade of primary school and whether they use other, similar metrials on CC licences. The study is accompanied by a survey, which is sent out to over 1,500 teachers in Poland, asking them to answer the questions of what kind are the materials they use in their classes and if they are free-licenced. Results from both the action research and the survey will be unique source of knowledge about use of open educational resources in the Polish school.
The results of quantitative and qualitative research will be supplemented by three expert analysis: economic (cost / benefit analysis for stakeholders with particular emphasis on parents and publishers), an analysis of the benefits of accessibility for people with disabilities (which will respond, inter alia, to the question why there are no materials based on CC licence directly targeted to persons with special educational needs) and legal analysis, in which we look at the possible scenarios of legal regulation and describe the best and the necessary steps for their introduction.
The results of all the research components that make up the pioneering and unique research in the Polish education, we would like to present at the conference OER 15.
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