Inquiry learning through librarian-teacher partnerships / Violet H. Harada and Joan M. Yoshina.

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Main Author: Harada, Violet H.
Other Authors: Yoshina, Joan M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Pub., c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Picture this.
  • Elements of inquiry learning.
  • Benefits of engaging in inquiry learning.
  • No Child Left Behind and inquiry learning.
  • Who might use this book.
  • Acknowledgments.
  • Chapter 1: Identifying the Inquiry-Based School.
  • What does an inquiry-based school look like?.
  • How does an inquiry-based learning environment differ from a conventional one?.
  • How do we create an inquiry-based learning environment?.
  • What role does the library media program play?.
  • Conclusion.
  • Chapter 2: Describing an inquiry-driven curriculum.
  • What is involved in inquiry learning?.
  • Why use an inquiry approach to teaching and learning?.
  • How are essential and unit questions used to focus the inquiry?.
  • What might essential and unit questions look like in practice?.
  • What attitudes or habits of mind are developed?.
  • Where do content standards fit in?.
  • How does the library media program support inquiry learning?.
  • Conclusion.
  • Chapter 3: Developing collaborative relationships.
  • What does collaboration look like?38 What factors make collaboration work?.
  • What skills and attitudes do people need to collaborate?.
  • How might we get started?.
  • Conclusion.
  • Chapter 4: Designing inquiry-driven instruction.
  • What is critical in designing inquiry-driven instruction?.
  • Where do we start in designing inquiry-driven instruction?.
  • What approaches reflect an inquiry-driven framework?.
  • How might information literacy standards be integrated into these approaches?.
  • Chapter 5: Assessing learning and teaching.
  • Why is assessment vital?.
  • How does assessment differ from evaluation?.
  • What should be assessed?.
  • How should the learning be assessed?.
  • Who does the assessing? How is the library media specialist involved?.
  • Conclusion92 Chapter 6: Connecting information searching and inquiry.
  • How do information search process models support inquiry?.
  • How does the information search process support inquiry learning?.
  • Which instructional strategies work best?.
  • How do we facilitate the learning?.
  • How are diverse student needs and abilities addressed?.
  • How might technology enhance student learning?.
  • Conclusion.
  • Chapter 7: Profile of an elementary school project.
  • Chapter 8: Profile of a middle school project.
  • Chapter 9: Profile of a high school project.
  • Chapter 10: Moving toward a school-wide approach.
  • What is involved?.
  • What might it look like?