Lifting the Mantle of Invisibility

2021 ◽  
pp. 316-341
Author(s):  
Anthony Tilke ◽  
Yvonne L. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Reasons exist for perceptions of school librarians and libraries that may be historic and nostalgic—yet are still powerful—as they may impact decisions made by school leaders, teaching colleagues, and students about the role libraries and librarians play in IB education. After conducting specific research amongst IB school librarians, the chapter outlines that IB documentation exists to identify librarian roles. Librarian pedagogy is recognized, together with a discussion about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on school library programs. The chapter takes a premise that school library/ian roles may be invisible or hidden, identifying factors to enable change to greater awareness of the contributions of the school library and the librarian in IB teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Information Literacy through Guided Inquiry: Preparing Students for the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol C. Kuhlthau
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
School Library ◽  
Research Process ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
University Center ◽  
The Impact

Across the globe, school libraries play an essential role in preparing students for living and working in the 21st century through information literacy. The Rutgers University Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) promotes this initiative in information literacy through research on the impact of school libraries on student learning, research symposia for international scholars, and training institutes for school librarians and teachers. Our research shows that guided inquiry is a dynamic, innovative way of developing information literacy through the school library. Guided inquiry is carefully planned, closely supervised, targeted intervention of an instructional team of school librarians and teachers that leads students through the research process toward independent learning. Guided inquiry develops research skills and subject knowledge as well as fostering cooperative learning, motivation, reading comprehension, language development and social skills that underlie competency for our young people in the 21st century.

School Leadership of a One-to-One Laptop Initiative

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie B. Milman
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Laptop Initiative ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
One To One ◽  
The Impact

This qualitative case study examined school leaders’ roles, perceptions, and challenges leading a one-to-one (1:1) laptop initiative in a coeducational, independent middle, and high school in the United States. The findings revealed how the school leaders led the school’s 1:1 laptop initiative through collaborative, yet differentiated roles and responsibilities. Together, they established the school’s vision, planned and implemented the initiative, supported teachers and students, reflected on their practice, and made changes as needed. Generally, the school leaders regarded the 1:1 laptop initiative as having a positive impact on teaching and learning by increasing student collaboration and access to information, as well as fostering teachers’ reconceptualization of their practice. However, the impact on student achievement was inconclusive; they explained it was too early to gauge its impact. Challenges the school leaders experienced involved limited bandwidth, printing problems and students’ off-task behaviors. They addressed them as they would any nontechnology challenge through problem-solving, shared decision-making, and fidelity to the school’s mission and goals.

Status of secondary school libraries and librarians in Bangladesh

IFLA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Annual Budget ◽  
Qualitative Phase

The purpose of this study is to explore the current environment of secondary school libraries and librarians in Bangladesh. To achieve this objective, an exploratory mixed method study was conducted to ensure the best possible outcomes. In the qualitative phase, besides literature review, five school librarians were interviewed. Based on the output in the qualitative phase, a questionnaire was designed for quantitative phase and collected 87 responses using an online survey. In general, it is found that the development of libraries and creating qualified school library professionals have been slow due to a lack of governmental and non-governmental initiatives. School libraries, where they exist, offer minimal services and facilities; school librarians are not integrated with the teaching and learning process. Finally, the school library is identified as being of lesser significance to other priorities in the country’s education system and annual budget, and the resulting issues and challenges are, therefore, an important topic and issue of significance.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions of School Acoustics and the Impact of Noise on Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools: Findings of a Questionnaire Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 3114-3119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Connolly ◽  
Julie E. Dockrell ◽  
Bridget M. Shield ◽  
Rob Conetta ◽  
Trevor J. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perceptions Of School

scholarly journals Attitudes and Self-Perceptions of School Librarians in Relations to their Professional Practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Lo ◽  
Joyce Chao-Chen ◽  
Dana Dukic ◽  
You-ra Youn ◽  
Yuji Hirakue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Library ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Literacy Teachers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
Perceptions Of School

School librarians are not only managers of the school libraries, they are also educators, administrators, teaching consultants, information specialists, and information literacy teachers, etc. Unfortunately, in many countries, especially in Asia, there has always been a lack of understanding on the parts of the classroom teachers and school administration about the role of the school librarians in the public school system. Meanwhile, many novice school librarians do not have a clear understanding of the potential contributions of the school library programmes to students’ overall development process and their achievement, as well as their contributions to students’ overall enquiry-based learning as a whole. Furthermore, very little research is available on the attitudes and self-perceptions of the school librarians regarding their teaching role, in relation to enquiry-based learning for comparison. The study is designed to examine, explore and compare how school librarians in function between Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai, South Korea, and Taipei, as well as how perceive their own status within the school community, by looking at their relationships with their principals and other classroom teachers.

scholarly journals Deficiencias del uso efectivo de las bibliotecas escolares Uso de la bibliotecas

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Isabel Cobos Campoverde
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

La lectura en la etapa escolar es supremamente importante y la biblioteca ha cumplido una especial labor en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, pues esta ejerce una influencia sobre el logro académico en los estudiantes, sin embargo estas no siempre son utilizadas con la eficiencia y eficacias pertinentes, tal es el caso del  uso que se le da a la biblioteca de la  Unidad Educativa Informática. El objetivo de esta experiencia  fue    Investigar  la  incidencia  del  uso  de  la  biblioteca  en  el  proceso  de  enseñanza- aprendizaje en dicha unidad educativa. Para la puesta en marcha de este trabajo se encuestaron 112 estudiantes con el propósito de comprobar el uso eficaz   de las nuevas tecnologías a través de la biblioteca escolar. Se concluyó que hay falta de gestión administrativa para dotar de insumos informáticos  a la biblioteca de la institución lo que trae como resultado la poca  motivación  por lo que existe poca espontaneidad del estudiante por  ingresar a la misma.  Palabras claves: biblioteca, influencia, enseñanza-aprendizaje- estudiantes- informático  Deficiencies of the effective use of school libraries    Abstract  The reading on the school stage is extremely important and the library has played a special role in teaching and learning, as this has an influence on academic achievement in students, but these are not always used with the efficiency, such is the case of the use that is given to the library In the Computer Educational Unit. The objective of this experiment was to investigate the impact of library use in the teaching-learning process in this Educational Unit. For the implementation of this study there was applied survy to 112 students in order to verify the effective use of new technologies through the school library. It was concluded that there is a lack of administrative management computer to provide inputs to the library of the institution, resulting in the   low motivation and the little spontaneity of student library use. Keywords: library, influence, teaching-learning-students- computers.

scholarly journals Jamaican School Libraries Empowering Students with Life Skills

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulette Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Impact

There are many school library activities that can be planned and implemented collaboratively with classroom teachers or be designed as library-only activities to build students’ self-confidence, develop responsible citizens, and improve students’ interpersonal skills. A survey was conducted to determine which activities were planned and implemented by twenty school librarians to develop these life skills and to determine four hundred students’ perception of the impact of these activities in the development of these life skills. The findings show that the activities implemented in these school libraries made a positive impact on the target life skills for the majority of students. However, it was discovered that certain important activities were not implemented by some school librarians and that a collaborative approach was not always used in the planning and implementation processes.

scholarly journals Evidence-based School Library Practice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Tam ◽  
Ružica Rebrović-Habek ◽  
Zvjezdana Dukić
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Local School ◽  
Objective Evidence

The study explores the involvement of school librarians from Croatia and Hong Kong in EBLIP. The main goal of this study is to find out what types of evidence school librarians from Croatia and Hong Kong use in their library practice and how useful they find different evidence types. The research method used in this study is survey and data were collected with an online questionnaire created and delivered with SurveyMonkey. The study reveals that school librarians in Croatia and Hong Kong use a wide variety of evidence sources in support of their library practice. Most often they use evidence from observation, professional interactions and library statistics. School librarians in both regions agree that these three types of evidence are the most useful for their library practice. However, if school librarians wish to demonstrate to stakeholders how school libraries contribute to teaching and learning they need to generate some more objective evidence through formal research. LIS educators and local school library associations may be encouraged to develop educational programs that will enhance school librarians' competences in formal research and involve them in participatory research community.

scholarly journals Learning and the School Library Resource Centre

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Dorothy Williams ◽  
Caroline Wavell
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Research Team ◽  
School Library ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

School librarians are under increasing pressure to evaluate and justify their service provision in terms of benefits to the learner. The research project reported here examines the impact of the school library resource centre on learning. Using a range of focus groups, interviews and case studies, the work identified a range of potential indicators of learning which provide a useful starting point for librarians to begin examining activities in relation to the learner. The study was conducted in Scottish secondary schools between August 1999 and February 2001 and complements empirical work carried out in other countries. All these studies were the subject of a critical review of literature recently completed by the research team. The paper discusses some of the major themes that emerge from the empirical study and were reflected in other studies; such as the impact the library has on formal academic attainment and informal personal achievements, factors that limit the learning and how this relates to the type of library provision in terms of resources and professional expertise.

scholarly journals Moving Beyond Tradition: Technologies Facilitating Students' Cognitive Ability and Modifying Pedagogical Practices of School Librarians in Jamaica and Antigua

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry-Ann Rodney-Wellington
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Library ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Smart Boards ◽  
Computer Labs

School library collections in Jamaica and Antigua have moved beyond the traditional print-only collection to various technologies that facilitate teaching and learning. Some of these technologies are not directly located in the library but are placed in computer labs where the school librarians have access to them. This research was conducted to determine what types of technologies were used in the libraries studied, how they facilitated students’ cognitive skills, and how they modified school librarians’ pedagogical practices. The sample consisted of 52 school librarians in Jamaica and Antigua. The findings showed that participants had or had access to technologies such as multimedia projectors, interactive SMART Boards, computers with and without internet access, and tablets. These technologies facilitated students’ cognitive behavior by providing them with additional content, and promoted active learning, among other things. Participants’ pedagogical practices were modified as they now deliver instruction using PowerPoint, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, podcasts, and e-books.

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