Librarians in schools as literacy educators : advocates for reaching beyond the classroom / Margaret Kristin Merga.
Merga, Margaret K., author.
2019
Z682.4.S34 M47 2019
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Title
Librarians in schools as literacy educators : advocates for reaching beyond the classroom / Margaret Kristin Merga.
Author
Merga, Margaret K., author.
ISBN
9783030210250 electronic book
3030210251 electronic book
9783030210243
3030210243
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21025-0
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-21025-0 doi
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Z682.4.S34 M47 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
025.1978
Summary
This book explores the role that librarians play within schools as literacy leaders. While librarians working in schools are generally perceived as peripheral to the educational experience, they can in fact provide significant support in encouraging children's literacy and literature learning. As the need for strong functional literacy becomes ever more important, librarians who support literacy are often invaluable in achieving various academic, vocational and social goals. However, this contribution often seems to be overlooked, with funding cuts disproportionately affecting librarians. Building on recent research from Australia, the USA and the UK, the author examines the role that librarians may play as literacy educators in schools in order to make visible their contributions to the school community. In doing so, this book urges for greater recognition and support to school libraries and their staff as valuable members of the school community.
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Chapter 1. School librarians are educators too
Chapter 2. Do teacher librarians feel that their profession is valued?
Chapter 3. Do schools with libraries use them?
Chapter 4. 40 practices and strategies: What teacher librarians do to support children's literature and literacy learning
Chapter 5. Competing demands and barriers
Chapter 6. Collaboration with teachers
Chapter 7. Supporting the nation's literary voice: Teacher librarians as advocates of national literature in schools
Chapter 8. The future of teacher librarians and school libraries: some closing comments.

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