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Helping teachers teach : a school library media specialist's role
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3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2003
ISBN:
9781591580201

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This book is the third edition of a very popular book describing in depth one of the many roles of the school library media specialist. It has been updated to include the changes in technology, national guidelines and standards and to explain the library media specialists continuing role as an instructional consultant in schools. Previous editions of this book have been widely used in library instruction classes throughout the country and this edition should prove to be a very popular update.

Thoroughly updated to include chnages in technology and national standrds, this widely used text describes the many roles of the school library media specialist.


Author Notes

PHILIP M. TURNER is Dean, School of Library and Information Science, and Associate Vice President for Distance Education, University of North Texas, Denton.

ANN MARLOW RIEDLING is Associate Professor and Department Chair, School Library and Information Science, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky.


Reviews 2

School Library Journal Review

An organized and comprehensive treatment of one of the roles of a school library media specialist-instructional consultant. This third edition of the title mentions that the term "instructional consultant" changed to "instructional partner" with the publication of Information Power in 1998; however, the authors consistently use the older term. In addition to mentioning the impact of Information Power on formally defining the roles of school library media specialists, this edition recognizes changes in technology and in cognitive psychology, and the current education reform initiatives. The first half of the book defines the role of instructional consultant in relation to the other roles of a school librarian, and the latter sections detail parts of the instructional design process. One of the initial chapters, "A Levels Approach to Helping Teachers Teach," outlines various gradations of involvement; "initial level," "moderate level," and "in-depth level" are explained in following chapters. A sample unit, answers to the end-of-chapter "thought provokers," an excerpt from a policy and procedure manual, and a student learning styles survey are a few of the finds in the appendixes. This title has wide-ranging possibilities for use-from textbook in a library-science course to an addition in the professional reading collection.-Beth Jones, Shelby County High School, Shelbyville, KY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


Booklist Review

Using a levels approach, this book examines instructional design and the role of the school library media specialist in that process. Levels range from no involvement to initial, moderate, and in-depth levels; details are provided for each level and suggestions are given on ways to advance to the next. The second part of the book discusses each instructional design step: needs assessment, learner analysis, instructional objectives, assessment of student performance, strategies and activities development, material selection, implementation, and evaluation. In each case, involvement by the school library media specialist is described, with sample scenarios given to concretize practice. Unfortunately, issues of curriculum, time, and special populations are not well covered, and materials selection starts with format, which is contrary to instructional design. Although there is good information here, the authors place too much emphasis on levels. -- RBB Copyright 2004 Booklist


Table of Contents

Preface
Part I Instructional Consultation and the School Library Media Specialist
Chapter 1 The Roles of the School Library Media Specialist
Chapter 2 A Levels Approach to Helping Teachers Teach
Chapter 3 Finding Out Where You Are and Where You Want to Go
Chapter 4 The Initial Level
Chapter 5 The Moderate Level
Chapter 6 The In-Depth Level
Part II The Steps in the Instructional Design Process
Chapter 7 Needs Assessment
Chapter 8 Learner Analysis
Chapter 9 Instructional Objectives
Chapter 10 Assessment of Student Performance
Chapter 11 Strategies and Activities Development
Chapter 12 Materials Selection
Chapter 13 Implementation
Chapter 14 Evaluation
Chapter 15 Conclusion
Appendixes
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