Guided inquiry : learning in the 21st century /

By virtue of their examination of the process approach to library and information services in K-12 education, the authors are convinced that school librarians are the primary agents for school reform. Utilizing current research and guided by the philosophy of John Dewey, Guided Inquiry is based on a spiral curriculum that teaches children to think and to make informed decisions. The research team at the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers University assisted in the creation of a systematic model. Guided inquiry is based on the premise that the 21st-century school needs to offer alternative solutions to the Industrial Age model by incorporating the information search process in authentic ways. Promoting deeper learning allows students to answer the deeper questions of their own interests in the world by facing the issues of social perspectives throughout the curriculum. The authors continue their inquiry process in this ten-chapter book. The five kinds of learning--curriculum content, information literacy, learning strategies, literacy competence, and social skills--become balanced in a holistic approach. This book is recommended for teachers and school librarians concerned with research-based teaching. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, graduate students, and professionals. D. Pellegrino University of Scranton