Educating for Social Justice: Perspectives from Library and Information Science and Collaboration with K-12 Social Studies Educators

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Hauptverfasser: Naidoo, Jamie Campbell, Sweeney, Miriam E.
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author Naidoo, Jamie Campbell
Sweeney, Miriam E.
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Sweeney, Miriam E.
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Sweeney, Miriam E.
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contents Educating for Social Justice: Perspectives from Library and Information Science and Collaboration with K-12 Social Studies Educators Naidoo, Jamie Campbell Sweeney, Miriam E. Social Justice Social Studies Library Science Information Science Librarian Teacher Cooperation Elementary Secondary Education Elementary School Teachers Secondary School Teachers Educational Technology Power Structure Printed Materials Multiple Literacies Culturally Relevant Education Library Education Computer Uses in Education Library and Information Science (LIS) as a discipline is guided by core values that emphasize equal access to information, freedom of expression, democracy, and education. Importantly, diversity and social responsibility are specifically called out as foundations of the profession (American Library Association, 2004). Following from this, there has been a focus in LIS on educating librarians from a social justice perspective. In this essay we will discuss some of the strategies we use for training librarians to practice librarianship using a social justice framework as a way to help social studies teachers and other educators critically think through their role in educating for social justice in their classrooms. Some areas of particular transference from LIS to K-12 educators that we focus on include locating classroom technologies as sites of power and privilege, prioritizing print and digital materials representative of culturally diverse populations and relevant contexts, and expanding the notion of literacy to include multiple literacies. These strategies lay a foundation for a critically-oriented classroom as a step towards teaching for social justice, and provide opportunities for collaboration between social studies educators and librarians.
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spellingShingle Educating for Social Justice: Perspectives from Library and Information Science and Collaboration with K-12 Social Studies Educators
Naidoo, Jamie Campbell
Sweeney, Miriam E.
Social Justice
Social Studies
Library Science
Information Science
Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Elementary Secondary Education
Elementary School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Educational Technology
Power Structure
Printed Materials
Multiple Literacies
Culturally Relevant Education
Library Education
Computer Uses in Education
Educating for Social Justice: Perspectives from Library and Information Science and Collaboration with K-12 Social Studies Educators Naidoo, Jamie Campbell Sweeney, Miriam E. Social Justice Social Studies Library Science Information Science Librarian Teacher Cooperation Elementary Secondary Education Elementary School Teachers Secondary School Teachers Educational Technology Power Structure Printed Materials Multiple Literacies Culturally Relevant Education Library Education Computer Uses in Education Library and Information Science (LIS) as a discipline is guided by core values that emphasize equal access to information, freedom of expression, democracy, and education. Importantly, diversity and social responsibility are specifically called out as foundations of the profession (American Library Association, 2004). Following from this, there has been a focus in LIS on educating librarians from a social justice perspective. In this essay we will discuss some of the strategies we use for training librarians to practice librarianship using a social justice framework as a way to help social studies teachers and other educators critically think through their role in educating for social justice in their classrooms. Some areas of particular transference from LIS to K-12 educators that we focus on include locating classroom technologies as sites of power and privilege, prioritizing print and digital materials representative of culturally diverse populations and relevant contexts, and expanding the notion of literacy to include multiple literacies. These strategies lay a foundation for a critically-oriented classroom as a step towards teaching for social justice, and provide opportunities for collaboration between social studies educators and librarians.
title Educating for Social Justice: Perspectives from Library and Information Science and Collaboration with K-12 Social Studies Educators
topic Social Justice
Social Studies
Library Science
Information Science
Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Elementary Secondary Education
Elementary School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Educational Technology
Power Structure
Printed Materials
Multiple Literacies
Culturally Relevant Education
Library Education
Computer Uses in Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1149300