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Kesley Marie E. (2006). « Education Reform in Minnesota : Profile of Learning and the Instructional Role of the School Library Media Specialist ». School Library Media Research, vol. 9. En ligne : <http://www.ala.org/ala/ ... s/volume9/minnesota.htm>.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi (01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 Europe/Paris) |
| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Kesley2006  |
Categories: General Keywords: éducation à l'information, États-Unis Creators: Kesley Collection: School Library Media Research |
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| URLs http://www.ala.org ... ume9/minnesota.htm |
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Between 1998 and 2003, a Minnesota educational reform movement named the Profile of Learning (POL) generated high levels of school library media center use in high schools and contributed to the fulfillment of the instructional role of the school library media specialist (SLMS) as described in Information Power. POL consisted of graduation standards with accompanying projects assigned to students to meet those standards. Projects were process-oriented, requiring research, reading, reflection, and synthesis of ideas. School library media center resources and services were increasingly in demand during this era. To learn more about how school library media centers and SLMSs were affected during this reform movement, the researcher sent a survey to 174 high school SLMSs. After the survey results were tallied, twelve interviews were held with selected SLMSs. Although teachers had a negative opinion of the POL era, SLMSs felt energized, important, and effective in their increasing roles of collaboration and instruction in student education during this time. The researcher also contrasted survey and interview findings with past research on the SLMS role. POL was rescinded by the Minnesota legislature before the affects of increased collaboration and resource-based learning could be assessed. The following study examines the roles and attitudes of SLMSs during the POL era, with an emphasis on the increased instructional role.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi |