Full Description
Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K-12 schools.
With the adoption of the CCSS in most of the nation's schools, educators and administrators at K-12 schools have a pressing need to find the best ways to implement these rigorous and comprehensive standards that challenge students to understand informational text and digital content at increasing levels of complexity. This text provides faculty with much-needed support in achieving this critical goal, thoroughly describing inquiry learning and how it links to the CCSS.
The authors—nearly 30 contributors total, comprising librarians, library media specialists, educational leaders, teachers from the kindergarten level to college professors, and administrators, each with direct experience and knowledge regarding the subject matter—explain how the standards' emphasis on in-depth investigation and evidence-based reading and writing skills dovetail perfectly with inquiry-based learning initiatives. Acclaimed thought leaders such as Jean Donham, Kristin Fontischiaro, Leslie Maniotes, and Barbara Stripling clearly define and illuminate the librarian's role in school initiatives today and share lesson plans that have been proven effective in actual practice.
Contents
CONTENTS
Foreword
Allison Zmuda
Introduction
Sharon Coatney
Chapter 1: Inquiry
Jean Donham
Chapter 2: What is the "Core" of the Common Core State Standards
Olga M. Nesi
Chapter 3: School Librarians and CCSS--Knowing, Claiming, and Acting on Their Expertise
Deb Levitov
Chapter 4: Putting the Pieces Together: Connecting to the Core through Coteaching Curriculum Standards
Judi Moreillon
Chapter 5: Guided Inquiry Design and the Common Core
Leslie K. Maniotes
Chapter 6: Engage Students through Project-Based Learning
Violet H. Harada, Carolyn Kirio, Sandy Yamamoto, and Elodie Arellano
Chapter 7: Inquiry in the Digital Age
Barbara Stripling
Chapter 8: Evolution, Not Revolution: The Nudging Toward Inquiry Approach
Kristin Fontichiaro
Chapter 9: Designing Learning Plans for Inquiry and the Common Core
Violet H. Harada
Appendix: Exemplars: Samples of Learning Plans
Index
