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Download full textMcGinnis, J. Randy; And Others – 1996
This report orients the reader to the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP) and gives an overview of the ongoing research activities being conducted within the project. The MCTP is a National Science Foundation funded statewide undergraduate program for students who plan to become specialist mathematics and science upper elementary…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Wilson, Patricia J.; Blake, Martha – Streamlined Seminar, 1993
A national survey of 1,000 principals and 1,000 school media specialists indicates that principals have very little knowledge about what really happens in the school library media center. Ten statements are presented to enable readers to test their own knowledge about library media centers. The responses make it clear that principals have had…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Ingersoll, Richard M.; Han, Mei – 1994
Data, derived from the National Center for Education Statistics 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey, are presented about school library media centers and the support they receive. The focus is on the number of schools with library media centers, the level at which these centers are staffed, and the role library media centers and their staff play…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate, Financial Support
Holmes, Rose, Ed.; And Others – Wisconsin Ideas in Media, 1983
These two documents contain a variety of articles on media use in education. The first provides 16 articles that focus on justifying media programs in the 1980's. Topics include selling your program to administrators; reorganization of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; video literacy; student-made videotape recordings; interactive…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Media, Educational Television
Baker, D. Philip – 1984
This book presents recommendations on many matters related to the organization, administration, and supervision of school library media programs. Chapters cover (1) the history of school library media program development in the United States, with special emphasis on the years since 1965; (2) the role of library media programs; (3) the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration, Library Facilities
Daniel, Evelyn H.; Ely, Donald P. – 1981
Information is provided concerning the complexity of developing competency-based programs for members of service professions, such as teachers and media specialists, when there is little agreement about the qualifications and the behaviors required of the beginning professional. Section 1 discusses the qualities of a competent professional. Key…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavioral Objectives, Certification, Competence
Jay, M. Ellen; And Others – 1988
The most recent set of national guidelines for the development of school library media programs, which was published in 1988, identifies underlying changes in the roles of the school library media specialist as well as in the program itself. Viewing the library media specialist as an initiator of curricular activities rather than a purveyor of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Cornell, Richard A.; And Others – 1989
Because the types of support services provided by college and university learning resources programs change and evolve as the result of new and emerging technologies, so must the standards by which institutions measure the effectiveness of their support services. This edition builds upon standards described in the first edition and includes an…
Descriptors: Budgets, Check Lists, Educational Media, Higher Education
Estes, Bettie, Ed. – 1989
The 26 instructional units featured in this guide are designed to encourage cooperative planning between the library media specialist and classroom teachers in the development of programs that will teach students to locate information by integrating research skills into regular classroom units of instruction. At least one teaching unit with…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Snider, Susan C.; Schubert, Leda – 1989
This booklet provides guidelines and suggestions for planning school library media facilities. The intended audience is library media specialists; however, it is expected that administrators and architects may also find it useful. The importance of helping the architect understand the school media center's unique mission and relevant educational…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construction Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
Mathews, Virginia H.; And Others – 1990
This paper argues that school and public libraries and librarians have not reached their potential as powerful catalysts in helping youth face the challenges of the twenty-first century. The first of four sections outlines potential responses of libraries to a number of students' needs, including the ability to locate and use information,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Check Lists, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Musana, A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
These reports and papers from a training course which brought together information services professionals from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland address the following topics: (1) information systems analysis; (2) the state of the art in bibliographic control in Eastern and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administration, Budgeting, Cataloging
Estes, Bettie, Ed. – 1988
Designed to encourage cooperative program planning between the library media specialist and the classroom teacher, this guide consists of 26 teaching units in all elementary (K-8) curriculum areas. At least one teaching unit with learner outcomes and related information skills is included in each content area with an indication of the particular…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Spriestersbach, Barbara, Ed.; Cowen, Linda, Ed. – 1988
This guide is a collection of 35 model units of instruction for grades 7-12 that has been developed to illustrate the relationship between information skills and the curriculum. Each unit includes goals, learner outcomes for the content, information skills areas, student activities, and an evaluation plan. Teaching methods include simulations,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Information Needs
Ehrhardt, Margaret W.; Griffin, Mary Frances – 1984
The purpose of this publication is to provide principals with guidelines to be used in the development of functional media center programs. Five elements are required before this goal can be achieved: adequate facilities, well-trained media specialists, appropriate collections, active media programs, and supportive budgets. Accordingly, advice is…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Audiovisual Centers, Autoinstructional Aids, Certification
