Re: Understanding Dewey Categories

["Kimberly A. Ault" <ault_k@MAIL.DRAGON.K12.PA.US>]

When I was in college, less than ten years ago...but only just...one of
my professors told us that if she ever caught us requiring kids to
memorize dewey categories, she would be very disappointed. Her reasoning
being that  if they need to know it, they can look it up, and if it's an
area they are interested in, they will learn that the sports books are
at 796. Any other opinions out there?

"Kate Stirk, Media Specialist" wrote:
>
> I tell my students they should know the general categories of Dewey
> because when they are using the electronic card catalog it will help
> them. i.e. if they are looking for "sharks" and three titles come up -"
> Sharks, Sharks, Sharks" in 811 and "Sharks" in 597 and "Sharks" in
> 333... They'll know that 800's is poetry,literature, 500's pure science,
> and 300's social sciences. Then they don't have to go look at all three
> titles to figure out which Sharks book will help them do a report on
> sharks in the ocean.
> Yes, they could read the entry but knowing the category saves time in
> sorting through the titles.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kate Stirk, Media Specialist
> stirkk@annunciationacademy.org (school)
> Annunciation Catholic Academy, Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA
> stirkk@juno.com (home)
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Kimberly A. Ault, Librarian
Lewisburg Area High School
815 Market Street
Lewisburg, PA 17837
ault_k@mail.dragon.k12.pa.us

opinions are, of course, mine, all mine, and nobody else's ;-)
. . . I mean  . . .  and may not reflect those of my employer

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