Week 4 reflection

1. How is situation analysis different from needs analysis?

Situation analysis is checking the validity of the curriculum from factors that might affect the curriculum (students, teachers, community, organizations, institutions) while needs analysis is collecting information from stakeholders to create a curriculum using their input or ideas.
I thought situation analysis part in curriculum is important because this is the point where the curriculum developed is tested or piloted to get information about the developed curriculum so that the stakeholders, organizations, and institution would check to see if the curriculum is valid or reliable. It is better to revise the curriculum with the input from all involved, so that the needs of the children are met. Otherwise, there will be some that will not accept the change no matter what because there are some people that do not like change. But others who took part will accept the change for the better of our kids needs.
There were many example situations in the book that really highlighted some of the situations we go through here at the district. Our district is so large and it takes a while to finish our projects to adopt curriculum. We try to get majority input from the stakeholders and pilot the projected curriculum to assess the program. Piloting the curriculum helps us to decide with the input from other stakeholders.
I thought the reading was helpful for me to understand better in what I do at the district level. I agree with the others with most of the examples because I have experienced some of the situations.