Hi All,
Any tertiary assignment resquires research. So if the assignment is
authentic (related to the workplace) it requires research. Eg. Students
are required to write an article for a refereed journal, complete a case
study from a role play, develop a program for a professional development
session with peers. All these assignments have a research component and
marks are awarded for the depth and breadth of their research + how well
they apply it to the task/real world scenario.
Perhaps the question here - instead of (us) going on the defensive - is
where is this adnministrator getting his information from? Where is his
validation/data to be making such as statement?
I really do get so sick and tired of people making grandiose statements
based on hearsay and assumption, which then circulates via electronic
media in cuberspace and suddenly then gets presented as a statement of
fact/truth. Why school library staffing is so abysmal, testing results
across the board are going down (around the world) and why our kids are
currently in so much trouble at tertiary level skills-wise.
:|
BC
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The GiggleIT Project: www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT/index.htm
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Australian School Library Research Project:
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Barbara Combes, Lecturer
School of Computer and Security Science Edith Cowan University, Perth
Western Australia
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Email: b.combes@ecu.edu.au
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Sent: Saturday, 15 August 2009 9:54 PM
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Subject: [LM_NET] GEN:I CHALLENGE!/I ACCUSE?
Again, an administrator said, "Colleges and universities no longer
assign library research or term papers to undergraduates."
And again I disagreed and responded with my opinion and some not to
specific anecdotes. This is what I wish I could have said, "I'm sorry
but you are wrong. According to the annual 'KU' or 'K-State' or
____University or ___College or KALA or ALA study/survey, __% of
undergraduate courses continue to require research papers. Also, they
average __pages in length, require a minimum of __sources, and on
average __of those sources can't be website sources."
WHY couldn't I? Why couldn't I have really refuted the administrator
with facts and "hard" evidence? Is there such a study/survey? Did I
it? If so, could someone please inform me and direct me to the data!
If no recent study or survey exists, why not? One would think some
library graduate student or college professor or the ALA would have
considered it important enough to have done it!
Could the administrator's statement be more right than wrong? Are
universities, colleges, and ALA afraid that any such published study or
survey might actually validate a dramatic demise of undergraduate
research? College students no longer doing papers or research--good
PR? Well-endowed libraries merely computer cafes and book museums?
Certain stakeholders and the status quo would be embarrassed and their
influence diminished? Their funding and budgets might be negatively
impacted?
I CHALLENGE every University, college, library schools, the ALA, or one
of its "state" affiliates, to develop, implement, and proudly publish
such a survey or study. Because of the recent technology, budgetary
pressures, and emphasis on testing and assessments, librarians
desperately need effective ammunition to defend their facilities,
themselves and the profession!
Robert Hicks
High School Librarian
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com
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