Date of Award
Fall 1-10-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology
First Advisor
Steve Harmon, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Laurie Dias, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Ph.D.
Fourth Advisor
Brendan Calandra, Ph.D.
Abstract
HOW SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS SUPPORT READING AND INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS by Melinda Morin
This study explored the school library media programs in four schools. The percentage of English language learners (ELLs) enrolled in each of these schools was among the highest on their respective levels in their school districts. Moreover, the percentage of ELLs in these schools who met and exceeded the standard for reading and English/language arts on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) in the spring of 2010 was more than the Annual Measureable Objective (AMO) of 73.3% or slightly less. The participants were the school library media specialists who administered the school library media programs in these schools. This was a qualitative study. During an inductive thematic analysis, the data coalesced into four themes that corresponded with the research questions: instruction, collaboration, media/technology, and interpersonal communication. These findings were derived from the data.
1. The participants used both conventional and technology-based instructional strategies to support reading and information literacy skills instruction for all of their students, including the ELLs.
2. The school library media collections included first language, bilingual, and multicultural literatures, picture books, nonfiction books written on a lower reading level, graphic materials, Hi-Lo reading materials and other digital resources; however, the materials varied in age, suitability, and condition.
3. The school library media specialists collaborated informally with the other members of the instructional team.
4. The school library media specialists undertook other practices that support reading and information literacy skills instruction for ELLs on a discretionary basis.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4892326
Recommended Citation
Morin, Melinda, "How School Library Media Specialists Support Reading and Information Literacy Skills Instruction for English Language Learners." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2014.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4892326