From Collaboration to Transformation: Practitioner Research for School Librarians and Classroom Teachers

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Author(s): Jen Scott Curwood (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 11
Source title: Collaborative Models for Librarian and Teacher Partnerships
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kathryn Kennedy (International Association for K-12 Online Learning, USA)and Lucy Santos Green (Georgia Southern University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4361-1.ch001

Keywords: Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design / Library Science

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As part of educational reforms, educators are increasingly expected to gather and interpret data, implement initiatives, and analyze outcomes. Practitioner research offers a framework for conducting school-based inquiry; consequently, it can be an instrumental part of educational change. Due to its focus on local contexts, collective knowledge, and critical reflection, practitioner research can foster collaboration between school librarians and classroom teachers. This chapter explicates the core features of practitioner research and discusses new findings from a three-year study of digital literacy conducted by a high school librarian and an English teacher.

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