International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings
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Igniting the Passion: Practical Ways to Engage and Inspire our Students to Learn through the School Library!
No full textThe school library is a place where students collaborate, inquire, learn and grow. This presentation will focus on four important areas that should to be addressed if students are to be engaged and inspired to learn through the school library.
Creating the right environment
Providing a local, state, national and international focus
Immersing students in a variety of text
Embedding literacy and inquiry into everyday life
Practical suggestions will be provided and participants will gather a range of helpful ideas they can take back to their own school libraries to engage and inspire their students and share with colleagues
Battle of the Books : Creative Literacy Ideas for First and Second Language Learners
No full textMost of my teaching career has been spent in American schools, most recently as a Teacher-Librarian at an English-Spanish elementary school. My international teaching career began in Qatar in August of 2012, when I started my new job as a Teacher-Librarian at a private K-12 school. My first year was spent rearranging the library’s collection and getting a feel for the school, its students and staff. By the end of the second term of the first year, I realized that the most important aspect of my job as a school librarian was going to be improving the literacy skills of my students. How to do this was my next problem and I immediately thought of the Battle of the Books (BOB) Program. My school district in Oregon had used it in seventeen elementary schools, both regular and bilingual. This was exactly what I needed because I was currently teaching in a bilingual school (English/Arabic). I went about getting support from my primary and secondary school teachers and administration. Once I had the support in place, I needed to take a closer look at how we had run the BOB Program in Oregon and then adapt it to my current situation. The things that I needed to consider in order to make the BOB Program a success were the following:1. Deciding which year levels would participate for the Primary and Secondary Divisions2. Selecting the reading levels for each division3. Deciding the number of books for each division to read4. Selecting the right books for the each division5. Making a Timeline6. Deciding the format of the questions7. Writing the questions8. Setting up the tournament9. Using Guest Readers during the tournament for each division10. Rewards for the winning teams of both division
Adapting Education for School Librarianship: Addressing the Needs of the Part-time Student
No full textOver the past few years repeated calls have been made by teacher librarian educators for evidence based practice by teacher librarians. This study is an attempt to provide evidence for the adoption of innovative practice in a post-service, part time Bachelor of Education program. Part time tertiary students undertaking studies in education at the University of Hong Kong are often heard to voice the opinion that the demands of university study are excessive. While it is generally accepted that the Hong Kong lifestyle is hectic, that teachers have a heavy schedule, and that travel to and from the university campus is time-consuming, little useful data exists to allow university professors to better understand the plight of the students or to provide evidence from which action could be taken to better tailor courses to the needs of students. Likewise many assumptions are made about tertiary student motivation but these assumptions are probably not grounded in any research findings. This exploratory study was undertaken to determine the factors affecting the full-time teacher’s progress in their tertiary part-time study in school librarianship. The findings will better enable instructors to tailor teaching and learning to meet the needs of the part-time participant. Findings will also be informative for other part-time undergraduate programs
Breaking Down Barriers to Literacy: Creating a Story Hour that Contributes to Reading Comprehension, Tolerance and Multicultural Experiences
No full textReading aloud to children is not only a very pleasurable experience but also an academic enrichment activity that helps equalize opportunities for all students by increasing their exposure to language, culture, and literature through a variety of vicarious experiences. After reviewing relevant professional literature, this paper presents a generic lesson plan that can increase children’s listening and reading comprehension skills and thereby help break down the barriers between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Public librarians, school librarians, teachers, and parents can use the recommended read-aloud strategies to help all children increase their linguistic and social skills as well as their cultural awareness
Integrating a Community Library into the Teaching and Learning Programme of Local Schools: Experiences from Seshego Community Library, South Africa
No full textAccording to estimates by Statistics South Africa, only 33% of learners in the Limpopo Province (one of the nine Provinces in South Africa) have access to a functional school library or media centre. This has been regarded as one of the main factors which have contributed to the Province consistently producing one of the lowest pass rates in comparison to its counterparts. While there was enthusiasm amongst some teachers that the establishment of Seshego Community Library would bring some relief to educators starved of a functional library service in their schools, some teachers and learners were not as enthusiastic and receptive to the Community Library. This paper explores some of the barriers inherent in introducing a library to a community which was not previously exposed to, and accustomed to making use of its services, and making it an integral part of the teaching and learning programme. Issues of resistance to the community library’s outreach programme, largely emanating from lack of motivation and a low morale amongst some teachers and principals alike, as well as an erosion in the culture of teaching and learning, are explored. There is a need to break down the existing barriers to encourage teachers and learners to make use of the Community Library’s services and facilities to add value to their teaching and learning endeavours
Don\u27t Buck It - Bend It: Using the Established System to Increase Your Influence to Create the Working Environment You Desire
No full textIn many schools the school librarian works in isolation, has a very busy schedule and is often overlooked for budgeting, decision-making and day-to-day communications. This leads to many feeling a sense of powerlessness over their own situation and self worth as a professional, with seemingly little opportunity for change. This paper addresses these issues and expounds on why influence is important for school librarians to achieve their goals and aspirations to bring their libraries to the high standard they strive for. The main body includes practical strategies to slowly but surely increase the influence of school librarians with the principals and other staff so they can be recognized as key players in children’s education at their schools
Localization of Collaborative Planning and Teaching in Hong Kong
No full textCollaborative Planning and Teaching (CPT) is vital under the impetus of technological innovation in the modern society. It advocates the integration of information skills into school curricula, provokes students’ information literacy and facilitates student learning to learn. This article will look at various aspects of integrating information skills through CPT in Hong Kong primary schools from the marco level and the micro level. Problematic issues regarding cooperation among teacher-librarians, teachers and the use of resources in the school will be raised and discussed with suggested solutions. Based on the experiences in cooperation and the pros and cons of the status quo, this paper is concluded by presenting scenarios of CPT at the next stage
How Do I Get the Politicians to Listen?
No full textNo school library can be a part of the development and innovation process without funding. To make sure the school libraries in your area get the political and economic attention it deserves, it is important to engage in dialog. This paper presents the practical experiences of The Municipal Association of School Libraries in Denmark in starting, continuing and developing the dialog and overall communication with local politicians. Active engagement from the school librarians is essential in getting the attention of local politicians and various means of informing and communication can be used to strengthen the cause of the school libraries
To What Extent Could "Weblog" be the Tools of Learning, Sharing and Assessing
No full textWeblog is being initiated as a personal organized diary. Resources uploaded are arranged chronologically. The trackback will provide easy review of the previous posts and pages in the digital repository. It has some multi function. People can share and interact among the community. The ideas from this social networking provoke deeper thinking and reflection. Thus, weblog, not only provides owners to post their personal daily accounts, reflections and experiences, also provides chances for metadata exchange. To support learning and teaching, this paper will try to investigate how can weblog create a new learning landscape? To what extent it will provide opportunity of sharing, interacting reflecting among learners? Moreover, how can it be used as a webfolios of recording learner’s process of learning
The Changing Face of a School Library with the Advent of E-Content
No full textThe increased digitization has led to plethora of invaluable E-content, which lends itself for easy access and reference, economy of time, space & efforts. With the realization of E-learning at higher education levels, the real challenge lies in designing an educational system with the flavor of E-learning at the primary level. This requires accurate assessment of educational needs, understanding of global benchmarks and the applicability of new technology to the E-learning. An assessment of E-learning and its applicability at primary education is provided. The role of the library and steps for its metamorphosis to the digital world is presented