scholarly journals Workforce Planning and the School Library Media Specialist

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Solomon ◽  
Susan Rathbun-Grubb
Keyword(s):  
School Library ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Media Specialist ◽  
School Library Media ◽  
Library Media Specialist ◽  
Library Media ◽  
School Library Media Specialist

scholarly journals Assessing Pre-service Teachers' Beliefs About the Role of the Library Media Specialist

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
Linda L. Wolcott ◽  
Kimberly A. Lawless ◽  
Deborah Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
School Library ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Media Specialist ◽  
School Library Media ◽  
Library Media Specialist ◽  
Library Media ◽  
Previous Edition ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
School Library Media Specialist

The revision of Information Power (1998) focuses on building partnerships for greater student learning. While not a radical departure from the previous edition (1988), the recent document emphasizes both greater collaboration and leadership and increased involvement with the technologies of information and learning. This study set out to determine whether teacher education programs were preparing tomorrow's teachers to expect and accept the redefined role of the school library media specialist. It involved the development and the administration of a scale to assess pre-service teachers' beliefs about the role of the school library media specialist. The results of the pilot study reported here are preliminary but suggest that while pre-service teachers distinguish three distinct sets of functions they place more emphasis on those functions associated with information access and delivery than on those related to learning and teaching. Further, pre-service teachers do not appear to understand the role areas of learning/teaching and program administration.

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