scholarly journals School Libraries as Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schultz-Jones ◽  
Cynthia Ledbetter
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Science Classes ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents preliminary results from a 2008/2009 research study examining the application of a learning environment paradigm to the school library setting. With a focus on Grade 5 science classes, we examined the relationships among student perceptions of science programs and library programs. From a practical point of view, this study presents a new model for considering the contribution of school libraries to the field of education, specifically science education. From a research point of view, this study makes a unique contribution to the field of learning environments by evaluating school library programs and their relationship to classroom environments. The research will continue at other grade levels and be extended to assess the relationship between learning environments in the school library setting and student achievement.

scholarly journals Assessing school libraries as learning environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schultz-Jones ◽  
Cynthia Ledbetter
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Research Study ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
State Tests ◽  
Science Classes ◽  
Comparative Examination

This paper presents the full results from a 2008/2009 research study examining the application of a learning environment paradigm to the school library setting. The preliminary results from the examination of the Fifth Grade science classes were presented at the IASL 2009 Research Forum. We now report the process of completing our comparative examination of the relationships among student perceptions of science programs and library programs with Third (ages 8 and 9), Fourth (ages 9 and 10) and Fifth (ages 10 and 11) Grades. In addition, we extend the assessment of these relationships to a correlation with student achievement on the standardized State tests for Texas.

scholarly journals The Challenges of School Libraries in Vocational Education in Tampere Region (Finland) – with EU-collaboration Project to the Future

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eija Hirvimäki ◽  
Anne Suoniemi
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Library ◽  
National Policy ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Open Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Open Learning Environments ◽  
Open Learning Environment ◽  
Collaboration Project

It is not usual that there is a good library or learning centre in vocational institutes in Finland. Finland has a functional network of general libraries, but no national policy for school libraries. Nevertheless, some vocational institutes in Tampere Region have been able to realize a vision of the school library as an open learning environment; as a pedagogical tool and a source of innovations.AVOKI project – Developing of Open Learning Environments in Secondary Education in Tampere Region, is our answer to the biggest challenges of school libraries in vocational institutes.

scholarly journals School Library Learning Environment Assessment in International Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schultz-Jones ◽  
Betty Turpin ◽  
Cynthia Ledbetter
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Research Study ◽  
International Schools ◽  
School Library ◽  
International School ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Comparative Examination

Evidence 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.

scholarly journals Using the Image Drawing Method to Examine Student Perceptions of School Libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Okada
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Perceptions Of School ◽  
Drawing Method ◽  
Over Time

This study examine, changes in the pictures university students drew of their school library over time while taking a course focusing on explaining the importance of school libraries. The results revealed an increase in the tendency of pictures to depict librarians; However, even so, librarians featured in only 12 of the 32 pictures drawn by the students. Since the importance of librarians was a focus of the course, there appears to be a need to improve the curriculum.

scholarly journals Information Repositories and Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bela Martins ◽  
Eloy Rodrigues ◽  
Manuela Barreto Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
New Learning Environments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
High Degree

Information repositories are collections of digital information which can be built in several different ways and with different purposes. They can be collaborative and with a soft control of the contents and authority of the documents, as well as directedto the general public (Wikipedia is an example of this). But they can also have a high degree of control and be conceived in order to promote literacy and responsible learning, as well as directed to special groups of users like, for instance, school students. In the new learning environments built upon digital technologies, the need to promote quality information resources that can support formal and informal e- learning emerges as one of the greatest challenges that school libraries have to face. It is now time that school libraries, namely through their regional and national school library networks, start creating their own information repositories, oriented for school pupils and directed to their specific needs of information and learning. The creation ofthese repositories implies a huge work of collaboration between librarians, school teachers, pupils, families and other social agents that interact within the school community, which is, in itself, a way to promote cooperative learning and social responsibility between all members of such communities. In our presentation, we will discuss the bases and principles that are behind the construction of the proposed information repositories and learning platforms as well as the need for a constant dialogue between technical and content issues.

scholarly journals Investigating Differences Between Male and Female Students' Perceptions of School Library Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schultz-Jones ◽  
Cynthia Ledbetter ◽  
John Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Library ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Past ◽  
Actual Learning ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Gender as a context within the learning environment is examined through the results of four studies in the past three years where learning environment instruments were used to evaluate the school library. Previous research indicates that male and female students have physiological differences in terms of brainbased learning and cognitive development. Research has also applied an examination of gender differences to reading preferences. The current research extends an examination of gender by asking the question: To what extent do differences between male and female student perceptions of the same school library learning environment occur, and how can these differences be addressed? The results indicate that females generally have higher expectations of their learning environments than do males, and experience less satisfaction with their actual learning environment than males.

scholarly journals Wykorzystanie oferty edukacyjnej biblioteki szkolnej przez nauczycieli przedmiotowych — wyniki sondażu

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 345-356
Author(s):  
Renata Piotrowska
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
National Education ◽  
Information Power ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
School Library Media Programs

USE OF EDUCATIONAL RES OURCES OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES BY TEACHERS OF VARIOUS SUBJECTS — RESULTS OF A SURVEYThe author of the paper discusses cooperation between teachers of various subjects and school librarians. She stresses that from the point of view of developing information literacy, such cooperation translates into development of the pupils’ skills. She points to the recommendations of American librarian societies in this respect Information Power. Guidelines for School Library Media Programs and Information Power. Building partnerships for learning as well as Polish ministerial recommendations annex to Rozporządzenie Ministra Edukacji Narodowej z 27 sierpnia 2012 r. w sprawie podstawy programowej wychowania przedszkolnego oraz kształcenia ogólnego w poszczególnych typach szkół [Regulation of the Minister of National Education of 27 August 2012 on the core curriculum for kindergartens and general education in various types of schools]. At the same time the author’s analysis of the curricula for various subjects in Poland in the second half of the 20th century demonstrates that the problem was marginalised with the exception of Polish language curricula. The aim of the author’s study was to establish whether teachers of selected subjects used the potential of school libraries in line with the ministerial recommendations. In addition, the author was looking for a link between the type of the subject taught at school and use of educational resources of the school library. The author discusses the results of her diagnostic survey N=244. The statistical conclusions are based on the results of chisquared tests. The results show unequivocally that teachers of Polish are statistically more likely, than teachers of other subjects included in the study, to use the educational resources of the school library, to suggest that they should be expanded and to collaborate with the librarian.

scholarly journals Bibliotecando: The new “social” role of school libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Colla
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Task Force ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Public ◽  
International Networks ◽  
On Line

The project “Bibliotecando” began in September 2005 and lasted till April 2006. Its aim was to define the “new” rule of the school library in the region of Piedmont (Northern Italy) from the point of view of the students, of their relatives and of the citizens .It was carried out by the so called Nucleo Biblioteche (Task Force for School Libraries) of the Regional School Office from Turin. “Bibliotecando” consists of three phases: a survey, a competitition and an action called “To read or not to read?”. Thanks to the survey on line we had information about the best practises which show an interesting and efficient interaction between the school library in Italy that is to say as Centres of Resources where not only students learn and make research but even people can interact in many ways. Moreover we had considered and collected the different links that the school libraries have in the context of local, national and international networks. The greatest challenge for our school libraries is how to promote themselves in the public opinion.

scholarly journals Using Large-Scale Assessments to Evaluate the Effectiveness of School Library Programs in California

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Tarr Jr. ◽  
Stacy L. Sinclair-Tarr
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship

This California study examined the relationship between the presence of school libraries, as defined by credentialed staffing, and student achievement, as measured by both criterionreferenced and norm-referenced assessments in both English-language arts and mathematics. Using the California School Characteristics Index to compare 4,022 schools with similar demographics at Grades 4, 7, and 10, both positive and negative statistically significant relationships were found between the presence of a school library and student achievement at Grades 4 and 7. There were no statistically significant positive relationships found at Grade 10. These findings do not support previous studies that used different methods of comparing schools with similar demographics. Also unlike previous studies, the overall effect sizes of the positive relationships were small, the average being an increase in student achievement of 2%. Factors within the school library at Grades 4 and 7 were also examined, and both positive and negative statistically significant relationships to student achievement were found.

Hubungan Kemendagri dan Kemendes dalam Tata Desa dan Administrasi Desa

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-97
Author(s):  
Sarip Sarip ◽  
Nur Rahman ◽  
Rohadi Rohadi
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to explore the relationship between the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) and the Ministry of Villages (Kemendes) from theconstitutional law and state administrative law point of view.The second concerns of this research is the disharmony and problem between the two ministries.From the constitutional law point of view, it turns out that what the Ministry of Home Affairs is doing, is closer to the object of its discussion. The method used in this research is normative legal research bycomparingthe constitutional law and state administrative law to obtain clarity regarding the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Village. The result shows that the Ministry of Village approached the science of state administrative law, namely to revive or give spirits to the village. Disharmonization began to exist since the inception of the Ministry of Village. The root of disharmony itself was the improper application of constitutional foundations in the formation of the Village Law. It would be better if the government reassess the constitutional foundation for the village.

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