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Cerný, Michal – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
Information literacy is a critical topic in contemporary pedagogy and information science, it is ranked among the essential competencies for the 21st century, and in recent years, it has received increasing research interest. The problem, however, is that the research is focused mainly on primary and university (college) contexts and only rarely…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning)
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Collins, Karla B.; Doll, Carol A. – School Library Research, 2012
The mission of the school library "is to ensure students and staff are effective users of ideas and information" (AASL 2009, 8). The school library collection should, therefore, support instruction throughout the school. However, teachers do not always understand the potential value of the resources available. This research explored…
Descriptors: School Libraries, High Schools, Library Materials, Resources
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2009
As concern over teenagers' reading and writing skills mounts, an Alabama high school shows how to teach literacy in every subject. When Buckhorn joined the reading initiative, its teachers and top administrators attended the state's two-week summer workshop, and were inspired by its vision of literacy instruction across the content areas. But they…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction
Torrise, Michelle L. – Library Media Connection, 2010
Some of the author's most valuable experiences as a library media specialist (LMS) were not in a school library. Rather, they were on the streets of Chicago, in community gardens, and on the rooftops of buildings in Humboldt Park, where she was hired by the University of Illinois Community Informatics Initiative as a graduate assistant and LMS in…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Inquiry, Library Role, Active Learning
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Orey, Michael, Ed.; Jones, Stephanie A., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2010
The evolution of educational technology has seen a shift from hardware and software to tactics and techniques, as the 2010 edition of the "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" makes abundantly clear. As in previous years, it offers the reader a snapshot of the moment and a look ahead to issues most likely to shape the immediate…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Leadership Responsibility, Technology Integration