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Fontichiaro, Kristin, Comp. – School Library Monthly, 2010
Inquiry does not replace information literacy; it encompasses it. It encourages librarians to consider instructional design beyond information search, retrieval, citation, and use. Inquiry-based learning invites school librarians to step into all aspects of instructional planning, from activating prior knowledge straight through to reflection.…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Instructional Design, Inquiry, Prior Learning
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Hill, Renee Franklin; Kumasi, Kafi – School Library Media Research, 2011
School library and youth services professionals must develop and display a strong sense of cultural competence to effectively serve their patrons. Cultural competence is defined here as one's ability to understand the needs of populations different from their own. This paper reports on the perceptions of school library and youth services students…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Prior Learning, Likert Scales, School Libraries
Jaeger, Paige – Library Media Connection, 2007
Buzzwords are as prolific in educational circles as bunny rabbits are in spring. Over the last 10 years everyone has heard the buzz of multiculturism, multiple intelligences, learning modalities, essential questions, cultural literacy, media literacy, differentiated instruction, learning by design, curriculum alignment, curriculum mapping,…
Descriptors: Role, Metacognition, Educational Change, Brain
Stanek, Lou Willett – School Library Journal, 1991
Discusses the use of literature in the whole-language approach. Examples show the integration of a second grader's experiences with the curriculum; integrating the language arts in the middle school via study of the author as well as the book; and the integration of literature into the study of history. Titles to use in each area are suggested.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
Vanderbilt, Kathi L. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
The brain is a complex organ and learning is a complex process. While there is not complete agreement among researchers about brain-based learning and its direct connection to neuroscience, knowledge about the brain as well as the examination of cognitive psychology, anthropology, professional experience, and educational research can provide…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Library Services, Educational Research, Cognitive Psychology
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Le Heron, Judy; Sligo, Frank – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
This paper assesses university students' acquisition of simple and complex knowledge, in exploring whether the knowledge gap hypothesis (KGH) with its origins in community-based research into people's informal learning from mass media, provides insights into students' acquisition and retention of information. The KGH posits that attempts to…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Student Evaluation, Knowledge Level, Mass Media