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Main Author: Brown, Karen
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ869049
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contents Questions for the 21st-Century Learner Brown, Karen Information Skills Librarians Library Instruction Discussion (Teaching Technique) Questioning Techniques Standards Library Associations Media Specialists School Libraries Technology Uses in Education Influence of Technology Teaching Methods The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" (2007), with their emphasis on multiple literacies and the social context in which information skills develop, embrace instruction that engages students' critical thinking about the changing communications environment. An inquiry-based approach to learning is advocated, one that places the use of questions in a prominent role in the teaching process. While questions of all types have a useful pedagogical function, essential questions are particularly well suited to the task. Essential questions focus on the development of students' ability to sustain inquiry and critical thinking, which is also at the heart of the skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies of the AASL standards. A growing body of literature about essential questions provides a rich resource for librarians, teachers, and educational administrators. This article discusses some of the most significant and unique attributes of these questions as focal points for teaching.
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spellingShingle Questions for the 21st-Century Learner
Brown, Karen
Information Skills
Librarians
Library Instruction
Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Questioning Techniques
Standards
Library Associations
Media Specialists
School Libraries
Technology Uses in Education
Influence of Technology
Teaching Methods
Questions for the 21st-Century Learner Brown, Karen Information Skills Librarians Library Instruction Discussion (Teaching Technique) Questioning Techniques Standards Library Associations Media Specialists School Libraries Technology Uses in Education Influence of Technology Teaching Methods The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" (2007), with their emphasis on multiple literacies and the social context in which information skills develop, embrace instruction that engages students' critical thinking about the changing communications environment. An inquiry-based approach to learning is advocated, one that places the use of questions in a prominent role in the teaching process. While questions of all types have a useful pedagogical function, essential questions are particularly well suited to the task. Essential questions focus on the development of students' ability to sustain inquiry and critical thinking, which is also at the heart of the skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies of the AASL standards. A growing body of literature about essential questions provides a rich resource for librarians, teachers, and educational administrators. This article discusses some of the most significant and unique attributes of these questions as focal points for teaching.
title Questions for the 21st-Century Learner
topic Information Skills
Librarians
Library Instruction
Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Questioning Techniques
Standards
Library Associations
Media Specialists
School Libraries
Technology Uses in Education
Influence of Technology
Teaching Methods
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ869049