The Resilient School Library

Doll, Carol

ISBN 10: 1591586399 / ISBN 13: 9781591586395

Verlag: Libraries Unlimited 2010-09, 2010

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-IUK-9781591586395

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Resilient School Library

Verlag: Libraries Unlimited 2010-09

Erscheinungsdatum: 2010

Einband: PF

Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe:

Based on educational research, this book will help school librarians create an environment that supports resilience in their school library media center. Resilience is the capacity of children to grow up successful, content, and competent even though they are faced with adversities like poverty, violence, illness, or neglect. Schools can create environments that help these children succeed. The Resilient School Library provides information about resilience and suggests specific strategies school library media specialists can use to support children who are at risk. These same strategies will also strengthen the resilience of those children who are already functioning well. After a brief introduction to the six elements of resilience, each element is addressed in greater detail in chapters focusing on academic efficacy, self-selected learning goals, behavioral self-control, positive relationships with peers, a positive relationship with a caring adult, and creating a family situation that supports what happens in school. A chapter on pedagogical strategies supplements comments in the six main chapters, while a chapter on action research will help readers document the effect of the plans they enact to support resilience.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

CAROL A. DOLL is associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is author of Evaluating Educational Software and Nonfiction Books for Children: Activities for Thinking, Learning, and Doing, and coauthor of Collection Analysis for the School Library Media Center: A Practical Approach.