Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8279
Title: Teacher Professional Development and the Role of the Teacher Librarian
Contributor(s): Bainbridge, Joyce (author); Carbanaro, Mike (author); Wolodko, Brenda  (author)
Publication Date: 2002
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8279
Abstract: Recent media coverage focused attention on a perceived "crisis" in Canada's school libraries. Research findings in the U.S. have consistently shown positive relationships between student achievement and the presence of well-staffed and well-stocked school libraries. In Alberta, Canada, the number of qualified teacher-librarians has decreased drastically over the last twenty years. A web-based survey of 170 Alberta elementary teachers, and follow-up telephone interviews with fourteen teachers, revealed that 60% of respondents' schools had no teacher-librarian. As a result, teachers acknowledged a need for increased professional support in selecting materials, planning instructional units, and accessing resources.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, v.6
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Place of Publication: Canada
ISSN: 1206-9620
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130103 Higher Education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://www.ucalgary.ca/iejll/bainbridge_carbonaro_wolodko
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