Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences


Vol. 45 No. 1 , Pages 7 - 32 , 2007

Promoting Library and Information Learning Activities in Project-based Inquiry in an Elementary Class (Article written in Chinese)

Wen-Hua HUANG & Lih-Juan CHANLIN

Abstract

With the advent of educational reform, project-based inquiry becomes one of important new trends for school learning. Under this learning trend, students are encouraged to research in a specific knowledge area, and to gather and integrate related information to accomplish their project taske. The purpose of this study was to identify library information skills needed in a project-based inquiry and design instruction to meet students’ learning needs. Followed by the implementation of library and information learning activities for supporting needed skills, students’ learning of library and information skills was analyzed. Subjects were 32 fifth graders from an elementary school at Taipei city. A case study approach was employed for data collection, including observations, interviews, and students’ learning portfolios. In this study, library and information skills needed for accomplishing a project task were pre-assessed by observing their actions and information seeking behaviors in accomplishing project tasks. Then, library and information learning activities were designed, implemented, and evaluated. Student’s progress in project-based inquiry was summarized. The results of the study indicate that students benefited from learning library and information skills in the project-based inquiry. Students were also satisfied with library and information learning activities.

Keywords: project-based inquiry; library information; library instruction; information seeking behaviors; elementary education

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