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| Language: | en |
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1996
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- Facilitating the Integration of Information Technology into the Primary Curriculum: Part of the Teacher-Librarian's Role? Lupton, Paul Computer Uses in Education Educational Cooperation Educational Technology Elementary Education Foreign Countries Information Technology Integrated Activities Librarian Teacher Cooperation Library Role Professional Development School Libraries Teacher Attitudes This paper examines information technology and learning; the role of the teacher-librarian and resource services in relation to the technologies; and the perceptions primary school teachers have of teacher-librarians in the integration of information technology into classroom programs, with an emphasis on the factors that facilitate the integration. A study of teachers (n=167) in 25 primary schools surveyed teacher perceptions of the teacher-librarian's role in the integration of information into large primary schools. Distribution of users, access to information technology, the place of the teacher-librarian, and ways the teacher-librarian was or could assist with the integration of technology in the classroom were all examined. Information technology has expanded the role of the teacher-librarian considerably, necessitating the assessment of human resources for school library information services in addition to the material resource concerns. Teacher-librarians must continue to work with teachers and administrators to keep school library resource services an integral aspect of the learning environment. In addition, teacher-librarians and their employers must continue their professional development to enable them to provide leadership for curriculum implementation which addresses the challenge of information technology. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/SWC)