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Comment by Ingrid Skirrow on October 11, 2009 at 8:42pm

Since writing the message below, I have changed my email address:
ingridskirrow@gmail.com
Thank you,
Ingrid

Comment by Ingrid Skirrow on March 23, 2009 at 8:09pm

Hello Leslie,

Please could you tell me more about what it is you are asking for as regards International Baccalaureate librarian and/or library standards?
And, who is the man in Turkey with a starting document?

As an IB librarian I know that there are no specific documents for librarians and libraries but there are the 'IB Standards and Practices' which includes statements about the libraries as well as many implied expectations. I have also given several presentation on this in Europe and at the IBAP Conference in Singapore two years ago.
Please could you give me more details. my email address is iskirrow@vis.ac.at if you would like to contact me directly.
Thank you,
Ingrid

Comment by Lesley Farmer on March 20, 2009 at 12:35pm

So, folks, how are you progressing on the Baccalaureate librarian and/or library standards? I thought that "our man in Turkey" had a starting document. Also, there are standards/statements at IFLA about school libraries. Have you mapped student outcomes/standards with library skills? We need to have something to present in Italy....

Comment by Anna Kågedal on October 30, 2008 at 3:33pm

I started a discussion about resources for MYP/PP and IB/EE just now. Anyone who can help out?

Comment by Rashmi T Kumbar on October 30, 2008 at 4:41am

Naaz,
thanks for the detailed answer to my query. This might be happening in International Schools. How about other school libraries? dont you think we need to understand how students of other countries or education boards might pick their author choice? I think we should ask our counterparts in other schools.

Comment by Naaz Kirmani on September 27, 2008 at 5:39pm

Hi Rashmi
We in our PYP section do a unit as Author Study ( Grade 5 ) .In this study the entire class is divided in two or three groups .
These groups they decide their author based on the genre ...
The students are then made to go through a process of research where they find out facts about author ..from his early life to factors contributing towards being an writer ..
The students have several activities based on their genre and the author in the classroom .
For instance this year the grade 5 students chose Enid Blyton for the author study and they were divided into 2 groups :
1st group decided to take up adventure and they had chosen Famous Five by Enid blyton
the 2nd group took Naughty Amelia Jane ...
they gave their reasons for chosing the two series ...
these two groups analytically reviewd the writing style of Enid Blyton in these two series and then gave their reflections in the form of a critical review ...
This was followed by a power point presentation ...
Lot of activities like role play , preparing softboards on both these genres, interviewing a child who posed as the author etc weretaken up and followed both in the Classroom and Library Resource Centre .
Hope that answer your query to some extent

Regards
Naaz Kirmani

Comment by Rashmi T Kumbar on September 17, 2008 at 7:19pm

Dear all,
Can we take up a study to understand the childrens' choice of authors and their works other than the ones from their native countries? what might be their criteria in choosing a foreign author and his work? what factors work to introduce foreign authors? and many other questions like that?
I am curious to know the reasons and methods of choice of children in different countries.
Rashmi (India)