I need to put a plug in for the 'dumbing down' of books.=20
In my prior librarian life, I was a library media specialist at a K-8 =
school. I didn't have a huge budget(believe it or not) and so I had to =
make decisions on what types of material I could get that could cover such =
a wide span in interest and readability levels. I had found that having =
some of these lower level nonfiction books were a real boon to my older =
students. The books I ordered had the index, glossary, table of contents, =
so they were helpful to the older reader. If a teacher was trying to find =
materials for the older student who read at a lower reading level, I could =
provide them with materials. I also found that teaching the research =
process using these types of materials was extremely helpful. The =
'content' didn't get in the way of the process. I, of course, didn't rely =
exclusively on these lower level books, but they were very useful, =
especially for my K-8 situation.
Kelly Bryant
Library Materials Specialist
Southern Oregon Educational Service District
101 N. Grape St. Medford, OR 97501
541.772.2751 1.800.636.7453
Please note new email address
kelly_bryant@soesd.k12.or.us
>>> Laura Pearle <lpearle@PCS-NYC.ORG> 06/26/03 04:29AM >>>
I've found that the dumbing down has led to many of my teachers telling
students that they cannot use a specific book as a resource - sometimes
there are too many pictures, sometimes too few pages, the content is too
simplistic, etc.. This then presents the problem that the only
"acceptable" books in the library are those aimed at an adult (or at least
college age) reader, which is above the heads of some of the students. It
certainly makes research almost impossible for many of the ESL students =
and
the 8/9/10 graders.
It's a pity that some publisher somewhere doesn't take note of this and
start publishing books that are quality non-fiction. They'd make a mint!
Laura Pearle
Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
Professional Children's School
lpearle@pcs-nyc.org=20
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