IASL Research Abstracts

IASL Research Abstracts: 345

345. Branch, J. L., de Groot, J. (2011). Professional learning in the digital age: Empowering the 21st century teacher-librarian.

Abstract: Teacher-librarians are interested in learning new things to be better able to meet the needs of the students and teachers in schools and school libraries. This paper reports the findings from a survey of Canadian teacher-librarians about their recent professional development experiences. While many teacher-librarians reported relevant professional development experiences at the school and district level (e.g. assessment, inquiry, information and communication technology, literacy, etc.), almost 20% of the respondents to this survey felt that they had received no professional development that helped them in their work in school libraries.

Subject categories: Teacher Education Issues, Professional Development, Education for School Librarianship
Country: Canada

Abstract Submitted by Angela Austin, Florida State University