Harvesting the Fruits of Research
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Other
Location
Room 217
Proposal
The decision of when and how to teach research skills in K-12 levels depends on how skilled the teachers are in the use of these tools. According to David P. Dillard, he states that he has "spoken at length to help desk people at databanks like EBSCO, CSA, and OVID about their need to make selected databases available at no or low cost in K-12 schools and campaign to get teachers to use them." As the level of requirements increase in testing areas, such as the ACT, research skills will certainly be needed to help build better critical thinking and analysis skills. In order to advance the level of skills for graduating high school seniors, we have coordinated with our research librarians at the University of West Florida to extend to area high school teachers and high school librarians the opportunity to take database training. From this training and coordination we will present our latest research and its impact on area high school students.
Short Description
In order to advance the level of skills for graduating high school seniors, we have coordinated with our research librarians at the University of West Florida to extend to area high school teachers and high school librarians the opportunity to take database training. From this training and coordination we will present our latest research and its impact on area high school students.
Keywords
Information literacy, Database training, University-secondary education collaboration
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Hulse, Carol and Moore, Linda, "Harvesting the Fruits of Research" (2009). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 33.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2009/2009/33
Harvesting the Fruits of Research
Room 217
The decision of when and how to teach research skills in K-12 levels depends on how skilled the teachers are in the use of these tools. According to David P. Dillard, he states that he has "spoken at length to help desk people at databanks like EBSCO, CSA, and OVID about their need to make selected databases available at no or low cost in K-12 schools and campaign to get teachers to use them." As the level of requirements increase in testing areas, such as the ACT, research skills will certainly be needed to help build better critical thinking and analysis skills. In order to advance the level of skills for graduating high school seniors, we have coordinated with our research librarians at the University of West Florida to extend to area high school teachers and high school librarians the opportunity to take database training. From this training and coordination we will present our latest research and its impact on area high school students.
