[CASL-L] SHARE: Reimagining the Role of School Libraries in STEM Education

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

FYI


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From: Sarles Patricia  (18K500) <PSarles at schools.nyc.gov>
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Subject: [aaslforum] SHARE: Reimagining the Role of School Libraries in STEM 
Education

Just in case you needed more evidence of the importance of school libraries in 
education, here is an April 2012 article from The Library Quarterly:

"In recent years, many technological interventions have surfaced, such as 
virtual
worlds, games, and digital labs, that aspire to link young people’s interest in 
media
technology and social networks to learning about science, technology, 
engineering,
and math (STEM) areas. Despite the tremendous interest surrounding young people
and STEM education, the role of school libraries in these initiatives is rarely
examined. In this article, we outline a sociocultural approach to explore how 
school
library programs can play a critical role in STEM education and articulate the 
need
for research that examines the contributions of school libraries as potential 
hybrid
spaces for STEM learning. We propose that school library programs become active
participants in STEM learning through the specific roles that school librarians
currently play in schools, such as information specialist, instructional 
partner, and
technology ally. We also highlight how these roles can be tailored toward 
helping
young people develop STEM identities."

http://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/libquarterly.pdf

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Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Jerome Parker Campus Library
100 Essex Drive
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-370-6900 x1322
psarles at schools.nyc.gov
http://www.scoop.it/t/help-with-the-common-core-state-standards/
http://paper.li/psarles/1332609247

The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the 
books are scattered on the floor.  - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. 
- Mitchell Kapor

To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief 
aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to 
discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from 
the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think 
intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of 
Education

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