Chp 4

Situation analysis sounds very much like a pilot study to me. Isn't the intent of the pilot study to see if the new program would work or fail? I know documentation of how the program was implemented and how its materials were used is important, so if the program were to be adopted, its quirks and kinks are worked out. Although I was having some difficulty understanding why the factors were treated as separate entities, rather than a combination of all when implementing a new program. Or am I just misunderstanding the format? As I was reading through the chapter, I kept referring to the SLATE Program, in which various factors are involved (ie, societal institutions, teachers, learners). In regards to curriculum, I know LKSD has done pilot studies before. The ones I remember are the Lado Series (I thought they were BAD!), the Language Alive! Series, and the Reading Literature Series. All of these are supposedly to "help" our "ELD" students' "improve" their English speaking, writing and reading skills. Interestingly, there are people behind these programs that pushed these to be adopted curriculums. Was situation analysis used? That I don't know, but something to think about if we become proponents of some program that comes our way!