> It would be like asking each individual teacher to write a new textbook every year.
This is quite an appropriate way of putting it. It is like that, but there's no real specification as to the quality and length of said text book.
Some teachers create a textbook of stick figure drawings. Others create a textbook of coherent progressive storylines that build on each other using a logical set of figures and well-labelled diagrams that explain the concepts and outcomes that cater to different learning styles.
Now I'm getting out of my depth a bit, as I don't pay a huge amount of attention to the detail of her work, but I believe there is (much?) more opportunity for re-use of materials from one year to the next, thus minimising custom work. But I also believe that she prefers to do it all "custom" for her own (perfectionist? obsessive?) reasons.
This is quite an appropriate way of putting it. It is like that, but there's no real specification as to the quality and length of said text book.
Some teachers create a textbook of stick figure drawings. Others create a textbook of coherent progressive storylines that build on each other using a logical set of figures and well-labelled diagrams that explain the concepts and outcomes that cater to different learning styles.
Now I'm getting out of my depth a bit, as I don't pay a huge amount of attention to the detail of her work, but I believe there is (much?) more opportunity for re-use of materials from one year to the next, thus minimising custom work. But I also believe that she prefers to do it all "custom" for her own (perfectionist? obsessive?) reasons.