Cooperative Learning Activities in the Library Media Center
Cooperative Learning Activities in the Library Media Center

Author: Lesley S. J. Farmer

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1999-03-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1563085429

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Based on the premise that many minds are better than one, this revised edition of Farmer's popular book helps you understand, develop, and implement cooperative learning activities with middle and high school students. Recent findings about cooperative learning are incorporated into the strategies, as well as such trends and developments as team planning, outcome-based assessment, information literacy, and the new national guidelines for library media programs. Farmer has also added a number of new activities and detailed lesson plans, many technology based, in each of the content areas. Multifaceted projects are introduced to highlight the possibility of in-depth student work centered on resource-based research. A wonderful source for lesson plans, this book also serves as a ready-reference tool.

Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools
Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools

Author: Faye Ong

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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Provides vision for strong school library programs, including identification of the skills and knowledge essential for students to be information literate. Includes recommended baseline staffing, access, and resources for school library services at each grade level.

Librarians, Literacy and the Promotion of Gender Equity
Librarians, Literacy and the Promotion of Gender Equity

Author: Lesley S.J. Farmer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1476607915

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Today’s youth have available an unprecedented array of information and media, and today’s literacy must extend well beyond decoding the printed page. As the keepers of information, how do librarians help boys and girls separate relevant from irrelevant, important from unimportant, helpful from harmful? How can librarians help students become self-sufficient learners? This book addresses today’s need for literacies in technology, reading, information, and numbers, as well as visual, aural, and media literacy. With thorough consideration of the latest research, it focuses on how gender affects the way these literacies are learned, experienced, and used. Exercises are recommended to help students of both genders become effective learners and managers of their environment. After delving into issues of gender, such as differences and similarities in the way boys and girls learn, discussion concentrates on how librarians and other educators can design learning activities with gender and technology issues in mind. Individual chapters deal with each type of literacy, and the concluding chapter discusses the interdependence of all. This book demonstrates that the era of “one size fits all” literacy is behind us, and argues for the library as an optimal learning environment for exploring literacies holistically.

The Girl With 500 Middle Names
The Girl With 500 Middle Names

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1442457805

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JANIE WHO? It's hard enough being the new kid in school. It's even tougher when all of your new classmates live in big houses and wear expensive clothes, while your parents have little and are risking everything just to give you a chance at a better life. Now Janie's about to do something that will make her stand out even more among the rich kids at Satterthwaite School. Something that will have everyone wondering just who Janie Sams really is. And something that will mean totally unexpected changes for Janie and her family.

Power Up Your Library
Power Up Your Library

Author: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-09-15

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0313079951

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Based on the methods of the New York City Library Power Program, this is a practical handbook for revitalizing or rebuilding the school library. Putting the many facets of the media specialist's professional life into the context of a flexibly scheduled, collaboratively planned teaching program, the book offers simple strategies for effecting positive change. It covers such topics as the librarian's role as teacher, programming, assessment, collection development, facilities, technology, the library budget, support staff, and public relations. Written for the school library media specialist who has or plans to have a library that conforms to today's vision of an effective school library media program, this book places the library media center at the heart of the school's educational program and shows how to position the library as the catalyst for school reform.

Student Success and Library Media Programs
Student Success and Library Media Programs

Author: Lesley S. J. Farmer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-09-30

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0313058822

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Student success comprises a complex system of expectations and measurements. Designed for school library media specialists, this book focuses on library media programs and examines the factors that influence student achievement. Through a presentation of research trends and actual practice, award-winning author Lesley Farmer demonstrates how media specialists can encourage student achievement by creating an environment conducive to learning. Farmer takes a systems approach, illuminating how each stakeholder in a student's education contributes to and impacts student achievement. Chapters include: What Defines Student Achievement? Research in the School Library World Internal Factors: The School Library Media Program School Factors Towards Student Achievement Student Factors Towards Student Achievement Societal Factors Towards Student Achievement Focus on Reading: Who's a Good Reader? Next Steps In addition to research findings about library programming, Farmer examines collection resources, facilities, staffing, curricula, instruction, reading issues, services, products, and administration. Key research studies are cited throughout the work to optimize referral to relevant information. This is an invaluable guide for school library media specialists, as well as for faculty and students in LIS and education programs.

National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries
National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries

Author: American Association of School Librarians

Publisher: STA - Standards ALA ALA Editions AASL

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838915790

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The new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the new streamlined AASL Standards Integrated Framework for learners, school librarians, and school libraries.

Teaming with Opportunity
Teaming with Opportunity

Author: Lesley S. J. Farmer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-08-15

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0313009465

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A myriad of exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking await you! This guide shows you how to identify and optimize partnerships that benefit your library media center and help you build a true learning community. In addition to theoretical foundations of collaboration and learning, hands-on guidance is given for teaming up with school members, families, universities, libraries, community agencies, professional organizations, and businesses. A valuable professional reference for school librarians, administrators, teachers, and anyone seeking the skills and intellectual background to nurture a culture of lifelong learning and assume the lead in taking the library media center to the next level.