Partners in Literacy

by Cuban, Sondra

• ISBN13: 9780807747957
• ISBN10: 0807747955
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-13
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Why have libraries and schools-both public institutions committed to community-based learning-adopted new technologies in dramatically different ways? Exploring the differences of technology use in schools and libraries across the country, the authors describe ways that these two institutions can collaborate to improve teaching and learning while building communities. With a focus on literacy development, they investigate how new technologies are implemented and the lessons that institutions can learn from one another.

Author Biography

Sondra Cuban is a Lecturer in Educational Research and a researcher with the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University, England Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Technology in Libraries and Schools in the Early 21st Century: Separated Partners	p. 1
Community-Based Education and Technology	p. 6
The Central Questions	p. 10
The Central Arguments	p. 11
Summary of Chapters	p. 12
Social Forces Affecting Public Libraries and Schools	p. 14
Common Missions: Guardians and Promoters of Literacy	p. 14
Common Missions, Different Strategies	p. 17
Social Forces that Intensified Missions and Strategies in the Late 20th Century	p. 20
Computers Come to Schools and Libraries	p. 28
Explaining Libraries' and Schools' Different Strategies Toward Technology	p. 32
Purposes and Roles	p. 33
Isomorphisms to Explain the Change Strategies of Libraries and Schools	p. 33
Early Period: Highly Symbolic and Symbiotic (Coercive)	p. 35
Mid-Period: Growth of the Professions (Normative)	p. 39
Late Period: Changing for Competition (Mimetic)	p. 43
Learning in Libraries and Schools: Lifelong Learning Fitted to the Knowledge-Based Economy	p. 46
Diffusion of New Technologies into Libraries and Schools	p. 50
Adoption Processes of Libraries and Schools	p. 54
Libraries, Literacy, and Instructional Technology	p. 56
A Brief History of Technology-Based Library Literacy Programs	p. 56
The Importance of Computers in Library Literacy Programs	p. 58
A Closer Look at Computer Studies of Library Literacy Programs	p. 60
Themes of Technology Learning for Students	p. 72
Lessons Learned	p. 77
Technology in Public Schools	p. 79
Access to and Use of Technology in Public Schools	p. 79
Why Have Computers in Schools?	p. 81
Patterns of Technology Use in Schools Since the 1990s	p. 83
1:1 Ratios in Public Schools	p. 90
Schools and Libraries as Partners in Community Technologies: Special Projects or Permanent Promise?	p. 93
A Social Practice Lens for Community-Based Education and Literacy	p. 94
Complementary Roles for Libraries and Schools	p. 96
Key Factors for Considering Partnerships Between Schools and Libraries	p. 97
Transformative Collaborations	p. 105
Community-Based Education Goals	p. 108
Enduring Institutions	p. 111
Notes	p. 113
References	p. 125
About the Authors	p. 143
Index	p. 145
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