Encouraging and Supporting Student Inquiry - Researching Controversial Issues

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Controversial Issues--Definition
Student Assignments
Administrative Support
Public Relations: Necssary for Support of Programs
Teaching, Learning and Student Inquiry During the Research Process
Controversial Issues: What Are They?
Researching Controversial Issues
Presentation of Controversial Issues
Biology/Health
Entertainment
Environment
Geography
History
People
Politics
Religion
Sexuality
Notes
Index

About the author

Harriet S. Selverstone is a retired high school library media specialist and Department Chair of the Library Media Department at Norwalk High School, Norwalk, CT. She is a former President of the American Association of School Librarians and two-term President of the Connecticut Educational Media Association. She served two terms on the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee, and was Chair for several years of the Connecticut Educational Media Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee. She has authored chapters on censorship issues in two texts, Children and Books, HarperCollins, 1996 and Collection Management for School Library Media Centers, Haworth Press, Inc., 1985-86. She is Series Adviser to Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship Series. She received a Masters degree in Library Science, an Advanced Certificate in Information Management and an honorary doctorate degree from Pratt Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Selverstone, Selverstone Harriet S.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2007
• EAN: 9781591584964
• ISBN: 978-1-59158-496-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Secondary Schools, Library & information services, Library and information services, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary