EDCI 598 Section 803 Module 6 Trends & Challenges
Module 6: Trends & Challenges
Module Objectives
- Reflect on and identify trends and challenges in the school library profession.
Think
Choose one or more of the following:
- Stripling, B. (2013). School and public libraries: Enriching student learning and empowering student voices through expanded learning opportunities. Expanding minds and opportunities: Leveraging the power of afterschool and summer learning for student success. Collaborative Communications Group. https://www.expandinglearning.org/expandingminds/article/school-and-public-libraries-enriching-student-learning-and-empowering-student
- Willingham, D. (2020, Nov 17). How to teach critical thinking. Impact. https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/how-to-teach-critical-thinking/
- Dendinger, A. (2019, Mar 8). Differentiation: Matching supports for students’ literacy needs. HMH. https://www.hmhco.com/blog/differentiation-matching-supports-for-students-literacy-needs#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20commonly,independent%20use%20by%20the%20student.
- Hincks, K. (2021, Dec 7). Talking about books: Student conferencing in the library. Knowledge Quest. https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/talking-about-books-student-conferencing-in-the-library/
- Nitecki, D. A., & Simpson, K. (2016). Communicating the Library as a Learning Environment. Journal of Learning Spaces, 5(2), 39–. https://trails-msu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01TRAILS_MSU/1ibi966/cdi_proquest_newspapers_2161254501
- Fuentes-Tauber, Y. (2020, Nov 12). “We can all be storytellers” – How one teacher uses storytelling to improve equity and access. National Geographic Education. https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2020/11/12/we-all-can-be-storytellers-how-one-teacher-uses-storytelling-to-improve-equity-and-access/
- All things STEAM. (2019). The Show Me Librarian. https://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/p/all-things-steam.html
- Fulkerson, D. (2014). The Flipped Classroom and Media for Library Instruction: Changing Library Instruction. Against the Grain, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.6903
- Sansbury, D. & M. Bongiorno. (2020, May). Two key ways school libraries can impact social-emotional learning. Perspectives on Reading. https://perspectivesonreading.com/social-emotional/
- Noise is an increasing problem in learning environments. (2016, Aug 11). org. https://phys.org/news/2016-08-noise-problem-environments.html
- Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & H. Anisman. (2014). The intergenerational effects of Indian residential schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma. Transcult Psychiatry, 51(3), 320-338. doi: https://10.1177/1363461513503380
- Youngest kids in class more likely to struggle with depression and ADHD, new study suggests. (2019, Oct 2). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youngest-kids-in-class-struggle-the-most-new-study-suggests/
Create
Continue working on your Professional Growth Project.
Share & Grow
In the Resource forum, share the item you explored from the Think and then reflect on your choice by answering three of the following questions.
- How has my prior experience and personal values influenced my understanding of this topic?
- What are other theories of this topic that might provide me with a different viewpoint?
- How could my education colleagues support me or collaborate with me in learning more about this topic?
- What new information did I learn? What questions do I have?
- How could I apply this information to my practice?
- If you disagree with the information presented, how so? Why?
- What opportunities / challenges could this information lead to?
Respond to three or more of your classmates.