H. Lynn Erickson

These two seasoned professionals have been working on high level learning experiences for many years. This book Is the best one they have published and it is a must read for every teacher librarian. For the first time, I have seen, they divide a learning experience into two parts: the concepts to be learned and the skills required to learn them. For teacher librarians who are collaborating with classroom teachers, this model makes so much sense because it helps both adult partners build both kinds of goals and objectives and follow them through an entire learning experience. Thus a topic on U.S. history contains topical mastery along with the inquiry and technology skills needed to boost the content knowledge. Perfect for co-teaching experiences. No, we are not mentioned as partners, but we can assume this and capitalize on their ideas that hopefully make sense to the teachers. I would name this as one of the very bes professional books of the year thus far and worth more than a casual look.… (mehr)