Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9-12

by Violet H. Harada, Carolyn Kirio, Sandra Yamamoto

Overview

This is the book that high school media specialists have been asking for! Finally, a project-based approach to student learning in high school featuring the school library media specialist in a starring leadership role in the school improvement process!

This is the book that high school media specialists have been asking for! Finally, a project-based approach to student learning in high school featuring the school library media specialist in a starring leadership role in the school improvement process!

• Includes how-to directions for project-based learning for high school students

• Find scientifically-based research incorporated into actual practice

• See both theory and practice in active collaboration to bring authentic examples of the school media specialist's leadership role in school improvement

• Use the best rubrics and plans you can ever imagine today with your students and teachers

Experienced and award-winning librarians collaborate to bring you the book you need to employ best practices with high school students. It is all here in this book—the why, the what, and the how. Allow these wise authors to affirm what the school librarian knows: that collaborating with teachers to guide high school students in inquiry-based learning is an effective practice. Watch learning soar as students are deeply engaged in their meaningful school work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586832919
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Violet H. Harada is a professor at University of Hawaii, Library & Information Science in Honolulu, HI.

Carolyn H. Kirio is an educator at Kapolei High School in Kapolei, HI.

Sandra H. Yamamoto is an educator at Kapolei High School, Kapolei, HI.

Editorial Reviews

This practical, research-based volume is packed with project-based ideas for the high school teacher-librarian and partnering classroom teachers. Based on the solid experience of its authors, the curricular ideas include thoughtful questions, connections with standards, timelines, assessment checkpoints, rubrics, resources, and descriptions of effective student work. A welcome addition to the professional collection for any high school. Highly recommended. Professional.” —Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

“The first chapter provides an excellent introduction to project-based learning (PGL) which lays the ground work for the rest of the book's focus. . . . This book provides a huge jump start to teachers and middle and high school librarians that need to incorporate project-based learning into their curriculum. With the background and project outlines provided in Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grads 9-12, educators will be able to create their own project-based learning lessons and units that are uniquely suited to their students' needs, and strengths.” —Colorado Association of Libraries

“If you believe, as these authors do, that 'an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams…,' you will find this study of the role of collaboration in project-based learning an excellent source. They have researched and made a compelling case that project-based learning not only serves the student best but allows teachers and librarians to become instructional leaders. Then they follow it with clear and concise methods to achieve authentic school improvement and student learning. They have included lesson plans, rubrics, and templates for the professional educator to follow and use. Their organization, writing style, and documentation are easy to use and understand. If you are ready to try project-based learning (and the book has a section on making sure you are) then you couldn't ask for a better book. Highly Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

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