Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning: School Librarians and Teachers Partner for Student Achievement, 2/e

Virginia L. Wallace and Whitney N. Husid

ISBN-13: 9781440852848

134 pages • 8½ x 11
Year Published: 2016

Want to learn how to easily put inquiry theory into practice in your school library? This newly revised and expanded practical resource links pedagogical theory, research, and practical application of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). An important resource for school librarians, classroom teachers, and school library preparation programs, this thoroughly updated second edition of Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning explores Inquiry-Based Learning in greater depth and addresses new educational insights.

Readers will learn the new research model PLAN and understand how the steps Prepare, Learn, Analyze, and New Discoveries define a deliberative, metacognitive process that offers simplicity and flexibility. This step-by-step guide moves new and experienced educators seamlessly from assessment of students' needs and prior knowledge through formative and summative assessments to reflection. It offers practical applications for immediate use by educators with students and makes it clear why the school librarian is ideally suited to be the lead in the collaborative process of inquiry-based teaching. This comprehensive guide to IBL is appropriate as a main text or supplementary reading for courses in instructional design and curriculum.

Features

• Positions the librarian as a key leader and collaborator in the inquiry process
• Offers educators an alternative resource and tech-based approach for integrating inquiry into instruction
• Presents a research-based methodology with step-by-step instructions that ease real-world implementation
• Introduces the research model PLAN that can be used with all grade levels and is built on educational theory