Todd, 2010), particularly the increasing trend of mobile technology as theĭominant platform for accessing information content, the changing arena ofĬontent publishing and development of new delivery platforms such as aps, ebooks The increasingly digital information environment of school education (Hay & With this decreasing visibility there areĪlso fundamental questions being asked about the sustainability of school in
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The sustainability of school libraries in many countries, with evidenceĮmerging of cuts in library budgets and professional staffing. Part of my motivation for documenting stories about theĭynamics and future of school libraries centers on questions being asked about Libraries in learning, and their future in an evolving educational landscape. Provided me with claims, challenges and questions about the role of school These stories provide compelling, cumulative and deeply personal insights into Learning, and the development of life skills. Told in many different ways how their school library had helped them with their Through Ohio School Libraries” research study (Todd & Kuhlthau, 2005). Remember when we collected 10,000 stories as part of the “Student learning Story, as a data collection approach, has been School libraries and how young people engage with them to learn, I amĬaptivated by the stories that people tell about school libraries. Significant, as embodying certain meanings that "make sense of things. Presented with the stories which underlie or embody that viewpoint the abilityĪnd tendency to see people, places and things in fresh, insightful andįunctional ways in a story and the ability to recognize certain elements as History in any explanation the ability to see another's viewpoint when Stories) the capacity to sense the importance of context, character, and Sometimes to have trouble understanding things when they aren't presented as To understand things better when they are presented in the form of a story (and According to Atlee (2003) of TheĬo-Intelligence Institute, the strengths of the use of “story” as a dataĬollection and presentation approach include: t he tendency Through telling and selection, are given cohesion, meaning and direction.
Narratives that convey the richness, depth and variation of experience, and Has often been lost in the data-driven research environment, yet it is these Sandelowski (1991) posits that the narrative nature of human beings Traditional scientific methods in order to develop rich patterns of meaning and Social work, have embraced the use of stories and narrative forms as anĮffective methodology that is able to hone in on findings not possible through Intelligence, Mateaas & Sengers (1999) claim that a growing number ofįields ranging from history to psychology, law and medicine, education to I believe in the power of the good story! Falling under the scholarly discourse of Narrative Ah, the power of the story, and the challenge to learn from Owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them” (Williams, inĬole, 1989, 30). Yours and mine - it’s what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we Speaks of the power of the story: “ Their story, In a similar vein, the American poet William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) Retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as timesĬhange - truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts" (Rushdie, 1993, 17). Who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives - the power to In his essay titled "One Thousand Days in a I have always been inspired by many of the statements of
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Standards and the Power of the Story: Creatingĭirector, Center for International Scholarship in School
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