SLM Curriculum
Like other academic courses, the School Library Media program also follows a curriculum, which is centered around the American Association of School Librarian's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.
The 4 core standards are:
Image taken from American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association:
American Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Chicago: American
Library Association, 2007. AASL. Web. 18 July 2010. <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/
guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards.cfm>.
American Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Chicago: American
Library Association, 2007. AASL. Web. 18 July 2010. <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/
guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards.cfm>.
For additional information regarding Standards for the 21st-Century Learner including the school library common belief statements and specific indicators in reference to skills, dispositions in action, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies for each of the standards, please visit the AASL website where you can download the complete document.
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