Adapting Instructional Materials

1. Adapting Instructional
Materials
Prepared by: Kris Deneille B. Gawaran

3. What is Adapting Instructional Materials?
▪ The “adoption” of instructional materials is a PROCESS that occurs at the
state and/or local level of education. During this process, print and digital
materials are reviewed and approved for use in elementary and secondary
public schools by the board of education.

4. Standards/Criteria/Guidelines
In Adapting Instructional
Materials

5.  Materials should support the schools and the District’s
educational goals and policies, including the advancement of
student literacy.
 Materials should be selected to support, enrich
and extend the school’s curriculum and to
encourage informational, educational and
recreational reading, viewing and/or listening.

6.  Consideration should be given to DIVERSE user
 interests,
 abilities,
 backgrounds,
 cultures,
 languages,
 and maturity levels

7.  Materials intended for student use should be
 appropriate for the subject area
 for the age
 social development
 ability levels
 special needs
 and learning styles of students.

8.  Materials should represent various viewpoints on
controversial issues so that students learn to explore,
analyse and make intelligent judgments.
 The value of a work should be examined as a whole

9. In order to assure quality selection, the following
additional factors may be considered, when appropriate:
 educational significance and/or contribution to the curriculum;
 informational or recreational interest
 reputation and significance of the author, producer, editor and/or publisher
 contribution to the variety in viewpoints offered on controversial issues
 accuracy and currency of information

10. In order to assure quality selection, the following
additional factors may be considered, when appropriate:
 Arrangement and organization of the material (for example, glossaries,
tables of contents, chapter headings, etc.)
 artistic quality, literary style or production values
 readability levels
 quality and variety of format
 need to replace essential/required worn, damaged, or missing materials
 and value commensurate with cost and/or need

11. Merci beaucoup