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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Media centers"”.
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Planning procedures for school media centers
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if media specialists were using effective planning processes in renovating school libraries or building new school library facilities. A second purpose was to propose recommendations for improving planning processes to make them more effective and …
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A study of culturally diverse materials in elementary school media centers
… the elementary school years. School library media specialists can be foremost in providing materials that facilitate learning about all cultures. This study examined the multicultural collections of four elementary school media centers within the Pleasantville School District. The study was …
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Budget expenditures of high school library media centers in southern New Jersey
… of southern New Jersey high school library media centers for the 2001-2002 school year. The applied research design employed mailed questionnaires to collect data from the sample of library media specialists from all public high schools in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, …
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The future of print and electronic periodicals in high school media centers
… if southern New Jersey public high school media centers had reduced, increased, or left the same the number of print and electronic subscriptions to periodicals. The selected periodicals that were available online through EBSCOhost were compared to those purchased in print format by high …
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The relationship between library professional development and technology in school media centers
… if there was a correlation between how school media specialists learn about new technologies and the implementation of those technologies into their school media centers. The researcher expected that the more hours media specialists spent in professional development activities, the more likely …
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Scheduling methods for effective school library media centers in K-8 school districts
<p>School library media centers should have a program that serves all students in the community, as well as meet the needs of a diverse population. In order to develop information literacy skills and create a life-long enjoyment of reading, students must have open access to the LMC. It is the role …
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Developing a Model for Organizing and Administering Instructional Media Centers for Teacher Education in Iran
… providing physical facilities for instructional media centers for institutions of teacher education in Iran. The major problem is that the institutions for teacher education in Iran currently do not have guidelines for management of instructional media centers. However, it is a recognized fact …
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Library media specialists are not ready to "radically change:" the use of radical change children's books in New Jersey school media centers
<p>The purposes of this study were to (a) determine if LMSs were using titles from a suggested list of titles found in Radical Change with kindergarten to third grade students, (b) determine how LMSs were using books with Radical Change characteristics; and (c) determine if LMSs were not using …
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30 years of Judy Blume novels... are we still censoring?
… books have been removed from shelves in school media centers all over the country by either the school board, or even the media specialist. Many studies have been done in the past about censorship and Judy Blume's books were always a popular target.</p> <p>A survey was sent out to 53 middle and …
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The attitudes and experiences of sixth grade teachers towards media specialists on either a fixed or a flexible schedule
… if fixed or flexible scheduling in library media centers was related to the attitudes and experiences of sixth grade teachers towards library media specialists. Surveys were sent to selected sixth grade teachers working in public schools in Burlington County, New Jersey. Questions were …
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Analysis of elementary school library web sites in southern New Jersey
<p>Elementary school library media centers have the opportunity to utilize a Web site to promote the goals and objectives of the program, assist students with information literacy skills and encourage students to read more. Organizations such as the American Library Association and the …
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A survey of the availability of school library media center catalogs on the web
<p>An important tool of a school library media center is the automation system. The media specialist uses this tool to manage the media center's collection and ensure that students have access to the best and most up to date accurate information. The purpose of having an automation system was to …
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The Superintendents' perceptions of the school library media center
… and importance of the elementary school library media specialist. This study used survey methodology with a mailed questionnaire to investigate the attitudes of all of the superintendents in Texas Region 9, Region 10, and Region 11 (n = 202} toward their elementary school library media centers, …
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Building better working relationships between high school library media specialists and school technology coordinators
… and technology-integration within school media centers are just as important these days as traditional curriculum and teachings. Embracing this fact is essential to a successful school library media program, especially those programs whose main goal is to produce the next generation of …
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Use of the EBSCOhost database in grades three through five
… three through five. The study involved the media specialists who were members of South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative teaching in elementary schools serving grades three through five. A total of 103 surveys were mailed out with a total of 59 media specialists returning them.</p> <p>Data …
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Self-censorship in middle school libraries
… fifteen New Jersey public middle school library media centers to determine if thirty titles were included in the collections. The titles selected received positive reviews from at least two sources as being suitable for students in the 7<sup>th</sup> through 10<sup>th</sup> grade or ages 12 and …
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Multiple intelligences and teachers' use of the school library media center
… and to assess teacher usage of the school media center. The results indicated the majority of the teachers surveyed were aware of Multiple Intelligences and do attempt to include lessons based on the different intelligences in their unit planning. While many teachers indicated that they …
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Appalachian studies in grades 6-12 language arts and English curricula in central Appalachia
… to assess the effectiveness of school library media centers as resources, to identify major institutions and individuals who influence teachers, and to ascertain the extent to which young adult literature is used. Surveys were sent to English teachers and school librarians in 305 schools in 86 …
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Growing Up Biracial in a Southern Elementary School
… child through videos, classroom libraries, and media centers. The researcher notes that while these teachers did attempt to fill the gaps left in the curriculum, it was at a minimal level and much more needs to be done. The teachers in this school system do maintain they incorporate race in the …
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Study Analyzing the Perspectives of National Board Certified Media Specialists
… perceptions of ESLMS's (Expert School Library Media Specialists) as total educators (Fullan & Hargreaves, 1996), including the SLMSs (School Library Media Specialist) purpose, the ESLMS as a person, the organizational context and the culture of the SLMS's school. The hypothesis was that ESLMSs …