Elementary: Research

[Nell Fernandez <nellfernandez@MINDSPRING.COM>]

I have a question about our approach to research. I was talking with a media
specialist last week who told me that she had requested a fixed schedule of
45-minute classes and her principal had agreed. I asked her what about the
kid who asks his teacher, "What is a beaver?" How can the teacher send him
to the media center and how can you help him find a book on beavers if
you're always with a class. She replied, "Let the teacher show him a beaver
on the classroom computer!"
Is this the way we want to go? I love the process of locating information in
the media center and I think it is a crucial part of education, but I see
that the teachers in my school don't value it very much and I wonder if I am
just out of touch. I don't want to be reduced to keeping the AR books in
circulation and nothing else.
I would love to see some comments on this question.

Nell Fernandez
Teacher Librarian
Bouie Elem Sch
Lithonia, GA

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