School Libraries and Information Literacy recent research
Abstracts of recent research appearing in the Research columns of the latest issues of Scan appear below. Abstracts are chronologically arranged with the latest citations appearing first.
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TODD, Ross (2005) ‘The leading of learning and evidence based practice – Part 2’ in Scan 24(4), pp. 33–36.
Using the Quality Teaching dimensions, Intellectual Quality, Quality Learning Environment, and Significance as a conceptual framework, Ross provides an overview of a research project at Gill St. Bernard’s School in New Jersey . In this second part of a two part article dealing with the teacher-librarian’s role in curriculum implementation, the focus of the presented research project was the importance of collaboration between teachers and teacher-librarians in developing students’ critical literacy skills. The representation of students’ knowledge in the program suggested that collaboration contributed to the growth of intellectual quality, leading to the view that school libraries are integral, rather than marginal, to schools.
TODD, Ross (2005) ‘Teacher-librarians and the leading of learning’ Part 1 in Scan 24(3), pp. 34–37.
In this first part of a two part article, Ross explains that…Quality Teaching …provides a philosophical and professional basis for developing high quality learning outcomes and acknowledges that the teacher is the most important element influencing conceptual development and values and attitudes of students. Teacher-librarians play a vital role in instructional intervention and collaborative partnerships to enhance learning outcomes. Ross describes the model of the school library as a dynamic agent of learning; this model is included in the article.
FOLEY, Colleen (2005) Research column in Scan 24(2), p. 24.
Colleen introduces the ongoing research of Sandra Ryan and Vicki Hudson at Santa Maria College . Sandra and Vicki show how action research provides the evidence about the ways that school libraries and teacher-librarians can make a profound contribution to enhancing student learning outcomes. This report also inspires teacher-librarians to be leaders in schools, and may serve as a helpful model and source of ideas for other teacher-librarians wishing to undertake research.
RYAN, Sandra & HUDSON, Vicki (2005) ‘Teacher-librarians making a difference: providing the evidence’ in Scan 24(2), pp. 23–29.
The information literacy program at Santa Maria College is an exciting example of evidence based practice that has been used to put the case for school libraries at the local level. Data has been collected since 2000 to gauge the impact on student’s learning when there has been an explicitly taught information literacy program in place. Graphs are provided which show the progress of cohorts throughout the research project. The project has been evaluated and results used to guide a new program, to be implemented in 2005.
FOLEY, Colleen (2005) Research column in Scan 24(1), pp. 36–38.
Bringing together the repertoire of tools available to teachers and teacher-librarians, Colleen shows how they interconnect to support teaching and learning. The Quality Teaching framework supports the outcomes based approach in the NSW curriculum, and the K–10 Curriculum Framework, produced by the Board of Studies NSW, offers opportunities for collaboration between teachers and teacher-librarians.
School libraries work! (2005) in Scan 24(1), p. 39.
A summative Research Foundation Paper published by Scholastic Library Publishing that compiles findings from almost a decade of library related research and includes statements from a number of organisations.
Full updated text available at: http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/downloads/slw_2006.pdf
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