EDCI 598 Section 802 Module 7 Challenges in the Field - Instruction

Module 7: Challenges in the Field - Instruction

Module Objectives

• Identify instructional challenges for school librarians and potential solutions.

Think

• 7 challenges for school libraries – revisited. (2019, Aug 13). Softlink Blog. https://www.softlinkint.com/blog/7-challenges-for-school-libraries-revisited/
• Culturally responsive teaching: Tips and strategies for educators. (2021, Feb 4). Waterford.org. https://www.waterford.org/education/culturally-responsive-teaching/
• Module 22: Transforming Library Instruction from Hughes-Hassell, S., Rawson, C. H., & Hirsh, K. (2019). Project READY: Reimagining equity and access to diverse youth [online curriculum]. https://ready.web.unc.edu/

Choose one or more of the following:

• Greenberg, K. (2019, Oct 28). Welcoming students with special needs to the library. Knowledge Quest. https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/welcoming-students-with-special-needs-to-the-library/
• Grassi, R. (2016, Jul 2). Serving children with disabilities in libraries: A beginner’s guide. ALSC Blog. https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2016/07/serving-children-disabilities-libraries-beginners-guide/
• Schlosser, M. (2021, Dec 15). Culturally responsive teaching in the school library. Knowledge Quest. https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2016/07/serving-children-disabilities-libraries-beginners-guide/
• Calia-Lotz, G., & C. Conley. (n.d.). Keeping up with… culturally responsive teaching. Keeping up with. https://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/keeping_up_with/crt
• Parrott, K. (2018, Mar 7). A diversity & cultural literacy toolkit. School Library Journal. https://www.slj.com/story/diversity-cultural-literacy-toolkit

Create

Step Six: Teach! Continued

Continue to work on your lesson / unit plan. Take observational notes. What works? What doesn’t? How do learners perform? Are they engaged? How is the collaborative relationship working? What does each educator bring to the working relationship?

Don’t forget to collect assessment data, both formative and summative!

Share

In the Module 7 forum, add to the discussion around the following prompts. Do not create a new thread, but rather continue the discussion your classmates have started. You may still reply to a specific classmate. 

• Choose one of the nine features of effective library instruction and list 3-5 specific ways that a library might embody that feature. Try to think creatively and expand beyond the ideas you’ve already seen presented in the course.

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 in either discussion forum.

Optionally, use the Collaboration Help forum as needed to share ideas and questions with your classmates.

Grow

Continue your Project READY Journal.