active learning

Explains how teachers and library media specialists can work together to build library collections that complement curriculum and incorporate standards.

Offers instruction to teachers on how to engage students in active learning activities, discussing the theory behind active learning, and featuring twelve literature-based lesson plans.

Draws from national reports, research summaries, and professional position papers to provide explanations of what constitutes instructional excellence in the main school curriculum areas; and includes examples of those standards at work in real classrooms at all grade levels.

Presents practical strategies designed to help educators transform their classrooms into communities of active, responsible learners and manage the everyday responsibilities they face on a day-to-day basis.