scholarly journals Promotion of reading habit among school children in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeepa Wijetunge
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
School Children ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Teacher Librarians ◽  
Reading Promotion

School Library Development in Sri Lanka is a large scale project which covers 4000 schools and includes building construction, distribution of books, furniture and equipment and training of human resources funded by the World Bank. BOBLEP (Book Based Language Enrichment Programme) developed from the concept of reading promotion within the library project. The project not only promotes reading using the purchased books, but it also promotes production of books by school children as well as teachers. It was decided as a result of the success of the project, to expand similar reading promotion activities in general. Teacher and Teacher Librarian education programmes of Sri Lanka incorporated a variety of such activities to train reading promotion among school children. The full paper will present the history and the structure of the project and activities carried out by the teacher librarians to expand it from an English language project to a reading promotion project conducted by the school libraries. It is expected that by sharing the information of this project, other developing countries which face similar constraints in providing suitable reading material can gain useful ideas.

scholarly journals School Libraries, Information Literacy and Reading Promotion Initiatives in Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Merlo Vega
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Literacy Activities ◽  
Literacy Initiatives ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Reading Promotion

School libraries in Spain have evolved very quickly in recent years. The educational authorities have been approving school library development policies, and this has greatly improved the situation of these libraries in Spain. This paper will discuss three different aspects of school libraries in Spain: their current situation, plans to promote reading, and information literacy activities. First, the current situation of school libraries in Spain will be discussed, based on different types of data relating to these libraries. Second, the information literacy initiatives that are being implemented in Spain will be analyse

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.

scholarly journals Adopting Computer Technology to empower Rural School Learners: The Case for Katsande Rural School Library, Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosea Tokwe
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Technology In Schools

In most countries, the introduction of computer technology in schools has seen the role of school libraries transformed. Adoption of new technologies are now seen to be enhancing school libraries’ ability to perform their mission, vision and role, that is, providing learners access to a wide range of reading material to enable them to acquire knowledge as well as ability to read books online. This paper will address the impact computer technology is having on rural school learners at Katsande Primary School. It will explain how embracing of computer technology has influenced learners concerning achieving quality education. 

scholarly journals Libraries on the Move: By Land, By Sea, and By Air

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Moore ◽  
Aaron Elkins ◽  
Helen Boelens
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
The State ◽  
High Quality

Libraries are critical to literacy development, particularly in developing nations where literacy rates are low, poverty rates are high, and resources are limited. School libraries in developing nations often suffer from inadequate resources, staffing, and facilities. Mobile libraries have been delivering resources and services via land and water routes to communities in developing nations, though their support of school children may be limited. Emerging technologies in the form of digital mobile libraries offer the potential to bring high quality resources and services to schools and communities. In this paper, the authors discuss/explore myriad mobile libraries, particularly in developing nations, the state of school library programs in developing nations, and the potential of digital mobile libraries to transcend the physical walls of libraries to better foster literacy for students and their communities.

scholarly journals Empowering School Libraries through International Projects

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Sousa Mota ◽  
Bernardete Francisco
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Dear Reader ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Natural Way

School libraries have no limits, no boundaries, not even for those in rural areas, where cultural opportunities are scarce. In such cases, school libraries themselves become THE opportunities, THE hearts/souls of institutions, HOME for students and teachers engaged in a major journey with other European fellows. This is the story of “Yourope: You in Europe”, an Erasmus KA2 project, which, dear reader, you are about to get familiar with. By enrolling in international projects, you empower your school library and leave traces in your institution and in the citizenship sense of students. The use of the English language comes in a natural way; new ICT tools are used not as an end in themselves, but as a means to achieve certain purposes; the school library resources become fundamental to accomplish the planned tasks. Why did we choose the theme “Europe”? As we will explain in this article… because Europe is all about you and me, and not somebody else.

Representing Women ‘Our Way’: An English Language Teaching Television Programme in Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-122
Author(s):  
Vivimarie VanderPoorten Medawattegedera
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
School Children ◽  
English Language ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Research On Teaching ◽  
Television Programme ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
And Gender

Research on gender representation in English textbooks reveals that messages about gender roles and gender identity transmitted through texts affect the future behaviour of children as they formulate their own roles in society. There is a limited number of studies on visual analysis of gender in textbooks and a dearth of such research on teaching materials in Sri Lanka. This study analyses a TV programme produced to teach school children English in order to uncover the ideological assumptions related to gender and gender roles embedded in the programme.

scholarly journals Developing a Knowledge Society through Teacher Librarians

2021 ◽  
pp. 251-264
Author(s):  
Pradeepa Wijetunge
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
General Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
Teacher Librarians

This paper briefly discusses the knowledge society and characteristics of the knowledge society at the beginning. Secondly it discusses the implications of knowledge society on education and the role of teacher librarian in the knowledge society. Then it goes on to discuss the education system of Sri Lanka, status of school libraries in Sri Lanka, the second General Education Project which supports the implementation of education reforms and the establishment of National Institute of Library and Information Science (NILIS) with an emphasis on training of teacher librarians by NILIS. Finally it describes the implementation model of its knowledge skills programme and the model and contents of the actual knowledge skills programme. The paper is concluded with some remarks on the factors, which will affect the success of the project.

scholarly journals Reaching for the Top

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara McNeil
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
School Library ◽  
Literature Circles ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Literacy Engagement ◽  
Teacher Librarians ◽  
Literacy Research

This paper draws attention to the important role school libraries, teacher-librarians, and principals can and need to play in the lives of marginalized adolescent boys in order to advance the goals of social justice and equity, and to make school libraries more relevant to citizens and communities. As an illustration of how teacher-librarians can intervene in the lives of such students, the author presents preliminary insights from a recent literacy research project that involved a school principal, a professor/school library specialist, and a professor in school leadership. Using a modified, contextually tailored version of literature circles, the researchers explored ways of enhancing the critical literacy engagement of marginalized adolescent boys in an urban school in western Canada.

scholarly journals Carnegie Revitalisation of Public Libraries in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Baffour-Awuah
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
School Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Carnegie Corporation ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Impact

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has embarked on a revitalisation programme of some African public libraries. The Corporation has made grants to those public library systems targeting previously disadvantaged communities. Those aspects of the programmes that the grantees have drawn up which could impact school library development in the recipient countries are highlighted here. The selected public libraries of Botswana, Kenya and five provinces within South Africa, as grantees of revitalisation awards are the objects of focus here. Seven other African countries that have benefited to a relatively lesser extent are mentioned as issues emerge that relate to them. Suggestions are made as to the impact some of these public library programmes could make on school libraries and school pupils.

scholarly journals The teaching of information literacy skills in Botswana’s Community Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boemo N. Jorosi ◽  
Goitsemang G. Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Teacher Librarians ◽  
The City

The study investigated the teaching of information literacy skills in select Junior Community Secondary Schools (CJSS) situated in the city of Gaborone, Botswana. Data were gathered from a sample of ten teacher librarians via face-to-face interviews with the aid of a five-question interview schedule. The key findings of the study were: (1) respondents had varying interpretations of. what constituted information literacy skills, (2) a variety of skills were taught under the rubric information literacy skills; (3) by and large, the teaching of information literacy skills was done by teacher-librarians and subject librarians, (4) the main approaches in teaching information literacy skills involved library orientation and the use of the English Language Period, and (5) respondents cited the three challenges, namely, the absence of an office dedicated to school libraries, an exam oriented curriculum and shrinking financial resources.

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