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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asking Questions in the Classroom: An Exploration of Tools and Techniques Used in the Library Instruction Classroom

Communications in Information Literacy, 2017
This study explores the tools and techniques used within the library instruction classroom to facilitate a conversation about teaching practices. Researchers focused on the questioning methods employed by librarians, specifically the number of questions ...
Sara Maurice Whitver, Leo S. Lo
doaj   +1 more source

Flexible futures: the academic librarian [PDF]

, 2008
Australian academic libraries are highly adaptive to the changing needs of learning and teaching and research and the demands of the changing information environment.
Dearden, Richard
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Documenting the Value of Librarians in the Classroom: Results from a Mixed-Methods Research Collaboration with Campus Partners [PDF]

, 2020
This paper details the results of a mixed-methods study of first-year and upper-division students’ information literacy (IL) competencies. The study used a rubric and a survey, seeking to answer two research questions: 1) Is there a correlation between ...
Currier, Abby, Graunke, Steven, Lowe, M. Sara   +2 more
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Academic Librarians Have Concerns about Their Role as Teachers

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2008
A Review of: Walter, Scott. “Librarians as Teachers: A Qualitative Inquiry into Professional Identity.” College and Research Libraries 69.1 (2008): 51-71.
Virginia Wilson
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Librarians as Teachers: A Qualitative Inquiry into Professional Identity [PDF]

, 2006
This study explores the development of ???teacher identity??? among academic librarians through a series of semi-structured interviews. Drawing both on the idea of teacher identity from the literature of teacher education and on existing studies of ...
Walter, Scott
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Reaching Out to the Faculty: Providing Subject-Specific Academic Resources

, 2007
Library journals frequently have articles emphasizing the large gulf that seems to exist between academic librarians and teaching faculty members.1 Librarians view this divide as a serious problem and have suggested different strategies to overcome it ...
Jaeger, John
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Das Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education der ACRL: Sein Potenzial für die Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz und seine Auswirkungen auf die Vermittlungspraxis der Teaching Librarians im deutschen Sprachraum

Bibliothek
Das Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education der ACRL brachte einen Paradigmenwechsel für die Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz an Hochschulen.
Zemanek Michaela
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