Open AccessPoised for Change: Effects of a Teacher Education Project on Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of the School Library Program and the Role of the Teacher-Librarian
Author(s) -
Marlene Asselin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw7089
Subject(s) - school library , teacher education , information literacy , pedagogy , psychology , resource (disambiguation) , mathematics education , medical education , library science , computer science , medicine , computer network
Preservice teachers are a greatly overlooked group of instructional partners. This article describes a one phase of an ongoing project in a teacher education program that aims to enhance pre-service teachers' personal and practical knowledge of school library programs and of the role of the teacher-librarian. In the second year of the project, reported here, qualitative analysis was conducted on students' pre- and post-writings about three focal concepts. Results showed that preservice teachers expanded their understandings of information literacy, critical thinking, and resource-based learning. Their additional unsolicited post-writings about the role of the teacher-librarian indicated formation of new insights about teacher-librarians' responsibilities as teacher, instructional partner, and information specialist.