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A collection of articles from School Library Monthly highlighting practical ways library media specialists can help their schools implement the AASL's Standards for 21st-Century Learners. Ever since the initial release of the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, School Library Monthly magazine has consistently focused on providing librarians with the information and strategies they need to help students achieve those standards. Now from the pages of that magazine comes a collection that no school library or librarian should be without. 21st-Century Learning in School Libraries: Putting the AASL Standards To Work brings together the ideas and methods of leading school librarians and educators across the nation, all focused on meeting the new standards. The book begins with a survey of 21st-century learning documents and an examination of how learning has changed for today's student. It offers a wide range of articles_over 90 in all_in a series of chapters on key themes, a vision for successful school libraries, inquiry, collaboration, assessment, reading, and pedagogical strategies. Each chapter has an introduction, discussion questions, and promotional and advocacy strategies. Includes over 90 articles, lesson plans, and planning documents from School Library Media Activities Monthly, organized into chapters on important themes Shares the insights of over 50 leading practitioners and scholars Offers discussion/reflection questions and strategies for preparing for advocacy in each chapter An annotated bibliography of print and online sources provides tips for further reading A comprehensive index No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)027.80973Information Library and Information Sciences General Libraries; Reports, etc. School; Sunday school; ParishLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Bottom line: This is a good reference for why and how to use standards effectively. Not a cover to cover read, it is a compendium of ideas and thoughts useful to school libraries.