The Role of the School library and the School librarian in the context of new curricula

Croatian case

Authors

  • Ivana Perić The Primary Scholl Petar Preradovic, Zadar
  • Danijela Riger-Knez The Vocational School for Tourism and Catering in Zadar
  • Tanja Telesmanić The Vocational School for Economics, Administration and Trade in Zadar
  • Hajdi Škarica The High school Franje Petrića Zadar
  • Mišela Nežić The Primary school Zadarski otoci - Zadar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7395

Keywords:

school librarian, library programme framework, information and media literacy education, reading promotion, educational role of the school librarian, new curricula in the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

Concerning the development and the opportunities provided by new technologies and changes in social reality, the task of educational staff is to raise and educate responsible participants in the learning process adaptable to new situations of learning in the digital age, the age of vast information, and therefore be prepared for life-long learning. As school librarians are recognised as educated and essential collaborators in this task, which is common to all educational staff, it is necessary to operationalise their role in the educational system in Croatia and encourage development of new curricula.

This paper proposes a framework for a programme, which has a starting point in new subject curricula and extra-curricula topics.

It starts from the constructivist approach of teaching where at the core are students who do not memorize facts but are capable of solving problems through active research and interaction with information and thus creating new knowledge. This approach encourages students to be critical thinkers, express themselves freely, be creative and strengthen their confidence in their quest to acquire competencies that develop the proposed framework for a library programme in information and media literacy education, and promoting reading.

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Published

2019-10-08