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The Plato Program : An innovative information skills curriculum
No full textThe Plato Program is an innovative and dynamic subject that was introduced to explore learning how to learn in Year 7. In response to observations by staff that students lacked critical thinking and research skills, it has metamorphosed into a vehicle for the delivery of information literacy within the curriculum, with a particular focus on electronic information sources. The course is structured using the well-known matrix combining Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences with Bloom’s Taxonomy, populated by tasks exploring information-based ‘Essential Questions’
Home broadband adoption and student achievement: Scenes from an initial examination of households in rural Florida, USA
No full textThe United States‟ broadband network is old, slow, and sparse. Federal investments to extend robust networks to rural areas parallel the U.S. Department of Education‟s emphasis on improving rural education and technology. Many rural schools received upgraded networks with federal monies, but home broadband is essential for maintaining the home-school learning connection in the face of impending digital textbook adoptions. Despite home broadband growth nationwide, rural residents have lower rates of adoption due to a lack of perceived need. A secondary analysis of home connectivity and middle grades student achievement suggested that students without broadband were also in districts with low student achievement. A lack of home broadband, then, can be possibly detrimental for rural children and further research is imperative
Factors that support the development of exemplary school library programs
No full textThis paper will examine a wide range of studies related to the factors that support the development of exemplary school library programs and then focus on the context for Ontario, Canada. In 2003, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (as cited in IASL, 2008) reviewed research studies to answer the question “What effects do school libraries have on student achievement?” and they concluded that “school library characteristics may account for up to 8 percent of the variance in reading-related test scores” [emphasis added] (p. 1). Consequently, it is important to identify the characteristics that make a school library exemplary although they are not always indicative of student achievement and learning
School Libraries: Empowering the 21st Century Learner
No full textMatthew Barrett, writing in the Globe and Mail, states that, ―just as success in the industrial age depended on a school system that taught us how to read and write, add and subtract; our success in the information age depends on a school system that teaches us how to manage information, utilize technologies, innovate, and above all – think
School Library Learning Environment Assessment in International Schools
No full textEvidence of how an assessment of the learning environment in an international school library equips the teacher librarian with valuable data that may challenge assumptions of how the learning environment is perceived by students is presented through disclosure of the full results of a two year research study examining the application of a learning environment paradigm to the lower school library setting in an international school in Germany. The process of completing a comparative examination of the relationships among student perceptions of their lower school library program with grade levels Third (ages 8 and 9), through Five (ages 10 and 11) is detailed. In addition, the assessment instruments will be discussed and presented. Use of these instruments in this study of the psychosocial aspects of the learning environment offers valuable ideas and techniques for teacher librarianconsideration and development
It Takes Courage to be an Independent Learner: Scaffolding and Unscaffolding the Enquiry Based Learning Process
No full textIn developing independent learners the complex associated information literacy skills needs to inculcated in our learners. In this process the information literacy skills are usually broken down into key components to facilitate their acquisition in manageable steps. As learners mature this scaffolding of information literacy skills needs to be removed to enable agile learners. To ensure that this unscaffolding of the process is supported, educators need to effectively build these information literacy skills into the planned assessment for learning to all relevant assignments. To provide the necessary time for one-to-one assessment the author this paper believes that educators need to move in the direction of the flipped classroom
School Libraries on the Agenda: An IFLA / IASL Project
No full textSchool library advocacy is a concern worldwide. Getting school libraries on the agenda for consideration by a school staff, or a ministry of education, or a library association is often a challenge. This paper describes the process being undertaken by two international school library groups to develop school library advocacy training materials which will be freely shared through the Online Learning Platform of the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The two-year project, entitled School Libraries on the Agenda, is funded by IFLA and is being managed by the Joint Committee of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) and the School Libraries Section of IFLA. The final project will include a variety of materials: a trainer’s manual, workshop plans, case studies, and video clips
My Book Buddy: A Special Children’s Library at School
No full textIn 2010, the My Book Buddy foundation started the first children’s library at a primary school in the slums of Nairobi in Kenya. Not a children’s library in the traditional sense of the word, but an evidence based concept which is already embraced by 18 countries, and which has allowed 22,500 children to participate in active reading. This paper gives an insight into the various aspects of the concept, the success factors in the different developing countries, and the necessity to realize more My Book Buddy children’s libraries in co-operation with expert librarians who have knowledge of knowledge of children’s literature and insight into the reading process of children. A window to the world has been opened for children who are usually deprived of books because they are too expensive or out of reach for them, not only figuratively speaking, but also in the literal meaning of the word
Connecting Classrooms to the world: School librarian - An Agent of Change in Modern Educational Approaches to Teaching: A Case Study
No full textThe paper will demonstrate a library program of an International School in India which connects its pupils with global partners on various curriculum contents. Technology is the key component used by the teacher librarians to achieve the objective. They build awareness of global issues to pupils and motivate them to research and find partners around the world including their own country with same or similar issues. During the research process students reflect critically on their own practice and compare with the partner schools. The librarians also collaborate with the classroom teacher to take action for embedding the same in teaching. The activities have a great impact on teaching and learning and the collaborations offer a myriad of ICT and global communication skills to students
The Onomatopoeia and your School Libraries
No full textAccording to Article 5 in school library law in Japan, a teacher librarian should be posted to the school library. However most of teacher librarians are involved into the other tasks in school so much that they cannot afford to engage school library. The students, who take lesson on school librarianship at university, are less experienced in libraries in school days. Therefore at the beginning of lesson I always try to execute the activity of describing school libraries into onomatopoeias. This activity encourages them to study school librarianship. We will find out the condition, the problems and the challenges of school libraries in Japan