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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Professional Dispositions of School Librarians | |
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| Introduction: Exploration of Professional Disposition of School Librarians | |
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| Dispositions in Action | |
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| The Concept of Professional Dispositions | |
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| The Question of Professional Dispositions of School Librarians | |
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| A Broad Context for a Review of the Literature | |
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| The Delphi Study Methodology | |
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| Research Design: Delphi Method | |
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| Research Findings and Plans of Action | |
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| Envisioning a Future | |
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| Conclusions: Identification of School Librarian Professional Dispositions | |
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| References | |
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| School Librarians in Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development | |
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| Introduction: Information Behavior Research | |
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| Cutting School Librarians Is a Paradox | |
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| What Is information Behavior? | |
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| Constructivism | |
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| Constructivism in Education and Sociology | |
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| Constructivism in Library and Information Science Research | |
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| Constructivist Theories of Information Behavior | |
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| Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development | |
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| Student Achievement | |
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| Annual Yearly Progress: Federal Mandate | |
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| Every Student Should Graduate High School Ready for College and Career | |
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| Students' Growth: State-Level Example | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Dervin's Sense-Making | |
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| Kuhlthau's Information Search Process | |
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| Information Behaviors Necessary for Achieving Common Core State Standards | |
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| Research Findings: Notably Higher AYP Proficiency with School Librarian | |
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| What More Is Needed? | |
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| Conclusions: A New Picture of the Presence or Absence of School Librarians | |
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| References | |
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| Influencing Instructional Partnerships in Preservice Elementary Education Teachers | |
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| Introduction: Preparing Future Teachers | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Partnering in Instruction | |
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| Collaboration Theory | |
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| Context: Elementary Teacher and School Library Partner Course | |
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| Research Questions | |
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| Methodology: Pre- and Post-survey and Procedure | |
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| Limitations | |
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| Findings | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Everyday Life Information Seeking Practices of Upper-Income High School Students | |
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| Introduction: A Focus on Students Today in a New School Library | |
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| New Technologies and Today's Young People | |
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| A Study Spark for Examining Teenage Students | |
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| Literature Pinpoints Need for Studying ELIS Practices in School Libraries | |
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| Savolainen and the Theoretical Framework for This Study | |
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| Studying Teens in a Highly Technological School Library | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Choice for a Unique Study Site and Population | |
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| A Newly Constructed School: Rivals and Rule Testing | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| School Librarian Interviews | |
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| Student Focus Group Sessions | |
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| Print and Virtual Documentation | |
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| Generalizability, Substantive Validation, and Reliability | |
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| Study Limitations | |
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| Findings | |
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| Students Prefer Own Cell Phones to Library Computers | |
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| Students at This Site Require a Specific Type of Instructional Model | |
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| What Are the ELIS Practices Exhibited by Students at the Study Site? | |
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| How Do the Students in This Study Use Physical and Virtual Technologies in the School Library? | |
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| Conclusions: ELIS Practices of Upper-Income High School Students | |
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| References | |
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| The Impact of School Libraries on Academic Achievement | |
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| Introduction: Circumstances that Define American Public Education | |
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| Site-Based Management | |
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| Absence of Reliable, Dedicated Federal Funding | |
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| School Staffing Trends | |
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| Standards-Based State Tests | |
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| Advent of Computers and the Internet | |
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| Advent of eBooks, eReaders, and Tablet Computers | |
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| Partnership for 21st-Century Skills | |
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| Typical School Library Research Questions | |
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| Review of the Literature | |
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| School Libraries and Student Achievement | |
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| Moving Beyond Student Achievement Studies | |
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| Methodological Challenges | |
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| Five-Step Improvement Plan | |
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| Creating Partnerships with Administrators and Teachers | |
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| Sharing Research about the Impact of School Libraries and Librarians | |
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| Defining the Roles of School Library and Librarian | |
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| Creating New Measures of School Library Outputs and Outcomes | |
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| Documenting the Impact of Teaching 21st-century Skills on Strident Learning | |
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| Conclusions: New Questions to Be Studied | |
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| References | |
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| The Role of the School Library: Building Collaborations to Support School Improvement | |
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| Introduction: Education, A Lightning Rod for Reform and Accountability | |
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| Topic and Problem | |
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| Do School Libraries Matter? | |
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| Our Approach to the Question | |
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| Our Findings on Exemplary School Libraries | |
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| Collaboration as a Path to School Improvement | |
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| Conclusions: Moving Forward, Being Effective Regardless of Current Status | |
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| References | |
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| Perspectives of School Administrators Related to School Libraries | |
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| Introduction: Mixed Methods Study of School Administrators | |
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| Lack of Administrative Awareness | |
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| Context and Background of the Study | |
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| Research Questions | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Administrators' Knowledge of School Library Programs | |
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| Informing School Administrators about School Library Programs | |
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| Methodology: Mixed Methods Approach | |
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| Participants | |
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| Assumptions | |
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| Limitations | |
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| Improvement Plan (Summary of Findings) | |
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| Administrators' Changed Perceptions | |
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| A Shift in Language | |
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| Changed Perceptions | |
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| University-Level Coursework about Libraries/Librarians | |
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| Administrators as Advocates for Librarians/Libraries | |
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| School Librarian and Administrator Hold Commonality | |
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| Implications | |
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| Solutions for Informing Administrators | |
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| Informing School Library Specialists | |
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| Conclusions: Recommendations for Further Study | |
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| References | |
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| A Content Analysis of School Librarian Conferences: A Search for Empowering Professional Development | |
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| Introduction: Content of Professional Development Conference Offerings | |
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| A Line of Inquiry to Improve Teaching in Higher Education | |
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| Topic and Problem of Conference Professional Development Content | |
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| Research Questions | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Methodology: Content Analysis | |
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| Preparation of the Analysis | |
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| Sample | |
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| Findings | |
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| Improvement Plan | |
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| Conclusions: State-Level Conferences Are Important for Empowering Professional Development | |
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| References | |
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| School-Based Technology Integration and School Librarian Leadership | |
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| Introduction: Solutions to Technology-Related School Challenges | |
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| Technology Integration | |
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| Research Questions | |
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| Theoretical Framework: Formative Leadership Theory | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Leadership in Schools | |
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| School Librarians and Leadership | |
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| Methodology: Participatory Research | |
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| Procedure | |
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| Validity and Reliability | |
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| Improvement Plan | |
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| Conclusions: Questions Answered through Cooperative Inquiry | |
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| References | |
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| Crossing the Language Barrier: The Potential for School Librarians in Facilitating Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning in the School Library | |
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| Introduction: English Language Learners | |
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| The Multicultural School | |
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| Problems for Foreign-Born Students | |
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| The Role of the School Librarian in Standards-Based Education | |
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| The Changing Environment: From School Library to Learning Commons | |
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| Learner Characteristics | |
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| Strategies for Supporting ELLs from the Research | |
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| Books and Instructional Materials | |
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| Instructional Strategies | |
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| Programming to Support ELLs | |
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| Technology Applications and Projects | |
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| Practical Matters | |
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| Conclusions: Culturally Responsive Leaders | |
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| References | |
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| Views from Research: From Ideology to Action | |
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| Introduction: What Must We Say about School Libraries? | |
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| The Purpose | |
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| The Premise | |
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| The Practices | |
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| School Libraries Matter | |
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| Conclusions: Characteristics of a Professional School Librarian | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Editor and Contributors | |