Dewsnup, Shannon_MED_2018

Title Dewsnup, Shannon_MED_2018
Alternative Title Incorporating the National School Library Standards for Learners Into Secondary School Libraries
Creator Dewsnup, Shannon
Collection Name Master of Education
Description Libraries are stereotyped as quiet places where books are checked out, when libraries are actually learning commons where knowledge is actively created and shared. Most high school graduates lack the skills necessary to be successful in life. The American Association of School Librarians have identified six standards (inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, engage) that provide a framework for learning the skills necessary for college, career, and life. The purpose of this project was to conduct an individual case study to discover the process, features, and pedagogical outcomes of a collaboration between a teacher-librarian and a teacher using the American Association of School Librarian (AASL) Standards in combination with the state core content standards. The teacher-librarian met with a secondary English Language Arts (ELA) teacher, who explained that her students were struggling with finding relevant information. The teacher-librarian and ELA teacher conducted planning meetings to develop a strategy using the AASL standards and the content standards to support student learning. Planning meetings were audiotaped and reflective journal were written after each meeting. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data. The main themes that emerged in discovering the process include: collaborative lesson planning and pacing, classroom management and organization, sharing and adapting resources, and reflection and communicating ideas. The main features were managing physical aspects and focusing on standards and the pedagogical outcomes focused on insights gained. The main themes of implementation were communicating, adapting, and evaluating. The information gained during this study could be used to implement the process of collaboration on a larger scale, expanding into various other content areas and/or educational settings.
Subject Education; Education--Evaluation; Case studies
Keywords School libraries; Life skills; pedagogy; American Association of School Librarians; collaboration
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University
Date 2018
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6mswrag
Setname wsu_smt
ID 96715
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mswrag
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