ILM4630 - SCHOOL AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIBRARIANSHIP 1

Module Identifier	ILM4630
Module Title	SCHOOL AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIBRARIANSHIP 1
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Mr Gwilym Huws
Semester	Available all semesters
Co-Requisite	ILM4730
Assessment	Semester Assessment	Essay approx 2,500 words please note that ILM4630 and ILM4730 must be taken together.	33%
	Semester Assessment	Essay approx 2,500 words	33%
	Semester Assessment	Essay approx 2,500 words	33%

Learning outcomes

After studying this module you should be able to:

Explain the major theories on learning and child development;
Outline the development of curriculum theory and explain the principles of curriculum development and planning;
Discuss some key contemporary educational issues that effect today's schools;
Explain the concept of childhood and discuss what impact contemporary society is having on children and on the nature of childhood;
Describe the reading process, and also explain how young children acquire reading skills;
Discuss what is meant by the term 'real reader' and the conditions which will encourage a young child to become such a reader;
Evaluate the influence of the media on the social, emotional and intellectual development of the child as well as their influence on book publishing for young people;
Outline the main developments in the history of children and young people's literature and critically discuss the influences which have shaped the key trends in the nature of the output during the past three decades;
Critically discuss the potential role of libraries in promoting of literacy and literature amongst children and young people;
Evaluate the impact of media on book publishing for children and young people;
Assess the impact of ICT on the role of libraries serving children and young people;
Evaluate the role that the school library and School Library Services can perform to support the delivery of the school curriculum;

Discuss some of the key management issues facing librarians serving children and young people in different types of libraries

Brief description

The module has been designed to meet the changing roles of qualified librarians working in school libraries, School Library Services and in Children's and Young People's departments of the public library service. Since the centrality of the rôle of libraries in the education process has gained wider acceptance, the need for professional librarians working in these areas to understand and be informed about educational issues has increased, in order for them to play a more active role in curriculum planning, information skills teaching as well as the more traditional role of supporting the development of literacy. Other areas that require exploration at an advanced level include the effects of social and technological changes on children's needs and interests, theories of reading and current publishing trends. The modules will also offer advanced study of important areas of management such as planning the space resource, resource management and the management of collections.

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
AASL & AECT. (1998) Information Power: building partnerships for learning. Chicago: American Library Association
Beard, R. (1990) Developing reading 3-13. London: Hodder and Stoughton
Bettelheim B. & Zelan, K. (1991) On learning to read: the child''s fascination with reading. London: Penguin
Bruner, J.S. (1974) Towards a theory of instruction. Cambridge (Mass): Havard University Press
Chambers, A. (1983) Introducing books to children. Heinemann: Educational Books
Eyre, G. (1994) Making quality happen: a practical guide to promoting your library. Youth Libraries Group, Library Association
Henri, J. (1988) The school curriculum: a collaborative approach to learning. Wagga Wagga (New South Wales): Centre for Library Studies Riverina Institute of Higher Education
Hunt, P. (1995) Children''s literature: an illustrated history. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Kuhlthau, C. (1993) Virtual school library: gateway to the information superhighway. Englewood (Colorado): Libraries Unlimited
Snyder, I. & Joyce, M. (1998) Page to screen: taking literacy into the electronic era. London: Routledge
Spink, J. (1989) Children as readers: a study. London: Bingley
Streatfield, D. & Markless, S. (1994) Invisible learning? The contribution of school libraries to teaching and learning. London: British Library
Townsend, J.R. (1990) Written for children: an outline of English-language children''s literature. London: Bodley Head
Wall, B. (1990) The narrator''s voice: the dilemma of children''s fiction. Basingstoke: Macmillan
Walvin, J. (1982) A child''s world: a social history of English childhood 1800-1914. Harmondsworth: Penguin