Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning: School Librarians and Teachers Partner for Student Achievement - Softcover

Wallace, Virginia L.; Husid, Whitney N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159884850X ISBN 13: 9781598848502

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2011

Synopsis

The use of technology and Web 2.0 tools in the classroom can unleash student creativity and engage their interest, while at the same time, teach 21st-century skills. Yet educators too often make the assumption that being able to search digitally is synonymous with learning research strategies based on sound, evaluative, inquiry-based principles. How can teachers and librarians work together more effectively to build critical thinking skills? |Student learning is enhanced when teachers and librarians work collaboratively. This cutting-edge guide offers a model for collaboration that incorporates information literacy and technology standards to engage students and move them to higher-order thinking skills and greater achievement.|Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning: School Librarians and Teachers Partner for Student Achievement is a step-by-step guide to collaborative lesson planning that promotes inquiry learning among students of various ages and abilities. With the best practices and the models outlined in this book, teachers and librarians can combine their expertise to create highly motivating and engaging units that meet standards and emphasize skills needed for the 21st century.||The book is directed at collaborative research projects that take advantage of the individual strengths of classroom teachers and school librarians. The recommended model can be used to create inquiry-based units that incorporate prior knowledge; higher-order thinking skills; essential questions; information-search skills; research models; authentic assessments (needs, formative, and summative); rubrics; and reflection.

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Book Description

The use of technology and Web 2.0 tools in the classroom can unleash student creativity and engage their interest, while at the same time, teach 21st-century skills. Yet educators too often make the assumption that being able to search digitally is synonymous with learning research strategies based on sound, evaluative, inquiry-based principles. How can teachers and librarians work together more effectively to build critical thinking skills?

About the Author

Virginia L. Wallace, EdD, retired professor of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, has a doctorate in instructional technology and distance education.

Whitney Norwood Husid, PsyD, received her degree in clinical psychology and is currently working on a master's degree in library and information science at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 159884850X
• ISBN 13: 9781598848502
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144