Influencing Students Toward Media Center Use


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A report on an experiment conducted to investigate the use of nonrequired materials in mathematics reveals the extent of teacher influence on student use of the library.







Recent Advances in School Librarianship


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Recent Advances in School Librarianship presents several discussions that aim to improve the quality of school library services. The book is comprised of six chapters that cover different issues concerning school librarianship. Chapter I discusses the growth and development of school librarianship, and Chapter II talks about co-operation and planning in school librarianship. Chapters III and IV review the attainment of the educational role of the school librarians, as well as their education. Chapter V examines the development of school library in different countries. Chapter VI provides conclusive discussion regarding the development of school librarianship. The book will be of great interest to individuals who are concerned with the advances of school library services.




ALA Publications Checklist


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Factors Affecting Instructional Leaders Perception Towards Educational Media Utilization in Classroom Teaching


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Solution at Hand to Improve Quality presents the materials necessary for understanding problems and solutions to integrate educational media technology in classroom teaching by exploring factors that affect the perceptions of instructional leaders. A considerable portion of the Solution at Hand to Improve Quality describes the roles of media in improving the quality of teaching-learning process and the roles of different actors. It focuses in identifying the instructional leaders tendency to favor on supplementary or/and substitutive roles of media for classroom teaching in relation to their past training as well as experience. Solution at Hand to Improve Quality also pointed out the reasons behind for instructional leaders’ perception and detailed solutions for the existing problems. Finally, Solution at Hand to Improve Quality presents practical recommendations for curriculum developers, education officials, teachers’ educators, educational media experts, instructional leaders and even to teachers.




State Library Newsletter


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Achieving Accountability


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Explaining the potential dangers facing our world, this series offers positive suggestions for securing our future. The books demystify terms such as global warming, acid rain and ozone layer and discuss how real the dangers are, what is being done today and what can be done in the future. The titles should provide a useful resource for students studying areas of the curriculum involving science, technology, geography and environmental studies.




Associations' Publications in Print


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1981- in 2 v.: v.1, Subject index; v.2, Title index, Publisher/title index, Association name index, Acronym index, Key to publishers' and distributors' abbreviations.




School Media Quarterly


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Trash to Treasures


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