Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century

by Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, Ann K. Caspari

Overview

This dynamic approach to an exciting form of teaching and learning will inspire students to gain insights and complex thinking skills from the school library, their community, and the wider world.

Guided inquiry is a way of thinking, learning, and teaching that changes the culture of a school into a collaborative inquiry community. Global interconnectedness calls for new skills, new knowledge, and new ways of learning to prepare students with the abilities and competencies they need to meet the challenges of a changing world. The challenge for the information-age school is to educate students for living and working in this information-rich technological environment.

At the core of being educated today is knowing how to learn and innovate from a variety of sources. Through guided inquiry, students see school learning and real life meshed in meaningful ways. They develop higher order thinking and strategies for seeking meaning, creating, and innovating. Today's schools are challenged to develop student talent, coupling the rich resources of the school library with those of the community and wider world. How well are you preparing your students to draw on the knowledge and wisdom of the past while using today's technology to advance new discoveries in the future? This book is the introduction to guided inquiry. It is the place to begin to consider and plan how to develop an inquiry learning program for your students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798216093343
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/13/2015
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Guided Inquiry
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Carol C. Kuhlthau is professor emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University.

Leslie K. Maniotes, PhD, is an education consultant and the cocreator and professional developer of Guided Inquiry Design®.

Ann K. Caspari, MA, is education specialist at Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and director of the professional development program for preschool teachers in the District of Columbia Public School on inquiry science for young learners.
Carol Collier Kuhlthau is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, USA, where she directed the graduate program in school librarianship-ranked number one by U.S. News&World Report-and was founding director of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. Kuhlthau is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking research on the information search process. Her publications include Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services, 2e, and Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.
LESLIE K. MANIOTES is a premier subject matter expert on inquiry learning. She serves BLV Consulting as CEO and as the lead education consultant providing professional development, coaching and guidance to educators and educational leaders worldwide. Leslie holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research on the Third Space in learning has served as a critical touchpoint to GID bolstering the focus on student engaged learning.
ANN K. CASPARI is education specialist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and director of a professional development program for preschool teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools on inquiry science for young learners. With more than 20 years of experience in museum education, Caspari has worked in diverse institutions such as the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Calvert Marine Museum in Maryland, and the Paul Revere House in Boston. She was senior museum educator at the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center for nine years where she led professional development seminars for educators and museum professionals in using museum resources with young children.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS



Illustrations

Preface

Introduction



PART I: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND DESIGN FRAMEWORK

Chapter 1: Guided Inquiry – What is it, Why Now, What's New?

Chapter 2: Constructivist Approach to Learning

Chapter 3: Third Space - Connecting to the Students' World

Chapter 4: The Research Base – Information Search Process (ISP)

Chapter 5: Guided Inquiry Design Framework



PART II: INFORMATION LITERACY: A CONCEPTS APPROACH

Chapter 6: Information Literacy

Chapter 7: Information Literacy Curriculum



PART III: TEACHING AND LEARNING

Chapter 8: Resources for a Rich Learning Environment

Chapter 9: The Guided Inquiry Team

Chapter 10: Interventions

Chapter 11: Assessing and Evaluating

Chapter 12: Five Kinds of Learning

Chapter 13: Meeting Content Standards

Chapter 14: Assessment for Five Kinds of Learning

Chapter 15: Getting Started and Sustaining Change



Appendix A: Progression and Development of Kuhlthau's Information Search Process 2000-2015

Appendix B: Progression and Development of Kuhlthau's Information Search Process 1985-1989

Appendix C: Progression and Development of Kuhlthau's Information Search Process 1990-1999

Appendix D: Study Guide and Journal

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

"By virtue of their examination of the process approach to library and information services in K-12 education, the authors are convinced that school librarians are the primary agents for school reform. Utilizing current research and guided by the philosophy of John Dewey, Guided Inquiry is based on a spiral curriculum that teaches children to think and to make informed decisions. The research team at the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers University assisted in the creation of a systematic model. Guided inquiry is based on the premise that the 21st-century school needs to offer alternative solutions to the Industrial Age model by incorporating the information search process in authentic ways. Promoting deeper learning allows students to answer the deeper questions of their own interests in the world by facing the issues of social perspectives throughout the curriculum....This book is recommended for teachers and school librarians concerned with research-based teaching. Recommended. General readers, graduate students, and professionals." - Choice

"The authors take a step-by-step approach to building a case for their methodology. The reader is guided along. The voice of this easy-to-read text is that of a nurturing teacher enticing you to read on with encouragement; helping you to discover things you didn't know you knew; and even pushing you on when you need it. Every step of the way, the format of this book includes charts and figures to support the narrative. When a concept is introduced, it is clearly outlined and then broken into its individual elements giving the reader a working understanding. . . . Although Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century is focused at schools in the 21st century, I recommend you get a copy of it, and read it. I believe it will help you think about what you do and how you do it." - Museum Education Roundtable

"The benefits, theory, and research behind this title are precisely and competently explained. Each chapter discusses a different element beginning with setting up the Guided Inquiry Team to an explanation of how to meet content area curriculum standards, assess student work, teach information literacy, and prepare students for living and working in the 21st century. Librarians looking for a sensible, workable approach to help students make sense of their information-rich world will find this book a useful and accessible means of providing the support and understanding they need to thrive. Recommended." - Library Media Connection

"Of great use to any K-12 school's professional development collection, particularly with the current emphasis on guided inquiry and student-centered learning, this work is a welcome addition not only to teachers and administrators but also to librarians." - ARBA

"An essential read in the area of collaboration with teachers, teacher-librarians, and other specialists in the school. A gem from the great Kuhlthau and colleagues." - Teacher Librarian

"Stop everything you are doing, get a copy of this book, and read it cover to cover in one sitting. Kuhlthau joins forces with a curriculum expert and a museum professional to propose a solid initiative for teachers, teacher-librarians, and administrators. What is that initiative? A constant stream of collaborative, constructivist, and information-centered learning experiences. The authors propose that a teacher-librarian and two complementary subject area teachers join forces to build a learning experience using the best curricular topics with a simple but powerful information literacy model: locate, evaluate, use....Bottom line: For one of the best reads of 2007, our assignment stands: Read this book, talk about it, and begin to understand why it is more important than teaching a few schedule-based information literacy lessons to students as they encounter teachers' assignments." - Teacher Librarian

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