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 books with Radical Change characteristics, what were the reasons why they were not using or did not own the books. From the results of the questionnaire, the majority of the respondents had not heard of Dr. Eliza Dresang and her theory of Radical Change. It was also determined that many of the suggested nonfiction titles were not owned because the LMSs were unaware of the titles. The questionnaire determined that the titles that were owned by the LMSs, both nonfiction and fiction, were mainly used as suggestions for students to check out. LMSs who were not using books with Radical Change characteristics were creating a disadvantage for their students.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in School and Public Librarianship

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Special Educational Services/Instruction

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Elena

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shontz, Marilyn

• Instructional materials personnel--New Jersey; School libraries--Book selection
• Library and Information Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/688

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1687