Inquiry Learning Through Librarian-Teacher Partnerships

Table of Figures and Templates v Acknowledgments/About the Authors vii Introduction ix Picture This ix Elements of Inquiry Learning x Benefits of Engaging in Inquiry Learning x ``No Child Left Behind'' and Inquiry Learning xi How This Book Is Organized xii Who Might Use This Book xii Identifying the Inquiry-Based School 1(10) What Does an Inquiry-Based School Look Like? 1(2) How Does an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment Differ from a Conventional One? 3(3) How Do We Create an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment? 6(2) What Role Does the Library Media Program Play? 8(2) Conclusion 10(1) Describing an Inquiry-Driven Curriculum 11(8) What Is Involved in Inquiry Learning? 11(1) Why Use an Inquiry Approach to Teaching and Learning? 11(1) How Are Essential and Unit Questions Used to Focus the Inquiry? 12(1) What Might Essential and Unit Questions Look Like in Practice? 13(2) What Attitudes or Habits of Mind Are Developed? 15(2) Where Do Content Standards Fit In? 17(1) How Does the Library Media Program Support Inquiry Learning? 17(1) Conclusion 18(1) Developing Collaborative Relationships 19(12) What Does Collaboration Look Like? 20(1) What Factors Make Collaboration Work? 20(1) What Skills and Attitudes Do People Need to Collaborate? 21(7) How Might We Get Started? 28(1) Conclusion 29(2) Designing Inquiry-Driven Instruction 31(20) What Is Critical in Designing Inquiry-Driven Instruction? 31(2) Where Do We Start in Designing Inquiry-Driven Instruction? 33(1) What Approaches Reflect an Inquiry-Driven Framework? 34(11) How Might Information Literacy Standards Be Integrated into These Approaches? 45(4) Conclusion 49(2) Assessing Learning and Teaching 51(20) Why Is Assessment Vital? 51(1) How Does Assessment Differ from Evaluation? 52(1) What Should Be Assessed? 52(2) How Should the Learning Be Assessed? 54(13) Who Does the Assessing? How Is the Library Media Specialist Involved? 67(3) Conclusion 70(1) Connecting Information Searching and Inquiry 71(20) How Do Information Search Process Models Support Inquiry? 71(2) How Does the Information Search Process Support Inquiry Learning? 73(2) Which Instructional Strategies Work Best? 75(3) How Do We Facilitate the Learning? 78(5) How Are Diverse Student Needs and Abilities Addressed? 83(4) How Might Technology Enhance Student Learning? 87(2) Conclusion 89(2) Profile of an Elementary School Project 91(20) Profile of a Middle School Project 111(20) Profile of a High School Project 131(22) Moving Toward a School-Wide Approach 153(12) What Is Involved? 153(1) What Might It Look Like? 154(5) Conclusion 159(6) References 165(6) Index 171