
Student Success and Library Media Programs
A Systems Approach to Research and Best Practice
Lesley S. J. Farmer(Author)
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-59158-058-4 (ISBN)
Description
Student success comprises a complex system of expectations and measurements. Designed for school library media specialists, this book focuses on library media programs and examines the factors that influence student achievement. Through a presentation of research trends and actual practice, award-winning author Lesley Farmer demonstrates how media specialists can encourage student achievement by creating an environment conducive to learning. Farmer takes a systems approach, illuminating how each stakeholder in a student's education contributes to and impacts student achievement.
Chapters include:
What Defines Student Achievement?
Research in the School Library World
Internal Factors: The School Library Media Program
School Factors Towards Student Achievement
Student Factors Towards Student Achievement
Societal Factors Towards Student Achievement
Focus on Reading: Who's a Good Reader?
Next Steps
In addition to research findings about library programming, Farmer examines collection resources, facilities, staffing, curricula, instruction, reading issues, services, products, and administration. Key research studies are cited throughout the work to optimize referral to relevant information. This is an invaluable guide for school library media specialists, as well as for faculty and students in LIS and education programs.
Chapters include:
What Defines Student Achievement?
Research in the School Library World
Internal Factors: The School Library Media Program
School Factors Towards Student Achievement
Student Factors Towards Student Achievement
Societal Factors Towards Student Achievement
Focus on Reading: Who's a Good Reader?
Next Steps
In addition to research findings about library programming, Farmer examines collection resources, facilities, staffing, curricula, instruction, reading issues, services, products, and administration. Key research studies are cited throughout the work to optimize referral to relevant information. This is an invaluable guide for school library media specialists, as well as for faculty and students in LIS and education programs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59158-058-4 (9781591580584)
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Student Success and Library Media Programs
A Systems Approach to Research and Best Practice
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Person
LESLEY S. J. FARMER is Professor of Library Media Technology at California State University, Long Beach. A frequent contributor to professional journals, she was selected by CSLA as the 1999 Technology School Librarian of the Year.
Content
Introduction What Defines Student Achievement? Research in the School Library World Internal Factors: The School Library Media Program School Factors Towards Student Achievement Student Factors Towards Student Achievement Societal Factors Towards Student Achievement Focus on Reading Next Steps