Marcia Stockham, K-State Libraries, Manhattan, KS Heather Smith-Collins, Washburn University Libraries Topeka, KS KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 Who we are and what we do  Describe the study, results  Get feedback from you  Discussion / brainstorming  Improve collaborations and student outcomes KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 What happens when student teachers leave college? KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 To learn whether new education graduates are integrating information literacy concepts into their classrooms  To learn about undergraduate perceptions toward future use of information literacy concepts  To learn more effective means for academic education librarians in working with undergraduate education students KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 Axio  Listserv  Pool of students  Responses  Assessment Strategy KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

SLMS perception of new teachers level of IL understanding Typical Comments  Depends on the college they come from and the individual  They seem to mistake Information Literacy with basic technology skills KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 Information Literacy Competencies for K-12 students (also called Information Power Standards, Handy 5, Big 6, etc.) include concepts such as: knowing how to access, evaluate and use information in order to become independent learners that allow them to become socially responsible. Are you familiar with these concepts? KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

39% of the students indicated that the survey was the first time they had heard of Information Power Standards, Big 6, Handy 5, etc. KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

Do you evaluate information? Do you know how to cite references? KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 47% of SLMS respondents felt the new graduates had ‘ some idea ’ but only 8% felt they had a ‘ good idea ’ of where to find information.  56% of the students stated they know how to find needed information for college papers and classes frequently ; another 41% said occasionally. KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

Typical comments  Collaboration time is quite limited  They (new grads) are focused on “the” unit they are responsible for and have trouble collaborating with me  Please encourage them to utilize their librarians  We collaborate to a certain extent, but not frequently KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 Only 25% of the students had actually formulated lesson plans at this point.  Expanded answers with examples of lesson plans, or reasons why not. KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

Examples of comments:  Schools have teachers / librarians to teach those skills during weekly library visits  It is important, but it is difficult to balance teaching these skills with requirements for the subject area  I would hope the English and Social Studies teachers would be the leaders in teaching library skills KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 School librarian, library, media specialists (majority of answers)  Technology teachers, coordinators  Local library  Search online, internet  Fellow teachers, education journals KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009

 Students we surveyed indicated they are not well-versed in IL concepts (Handy 5, Big 6)  SLMS observation of new graduates corresponded to this finding  Students who completed the survey learned about these concepts and indicated wanting to use them in the classroom. KASL Annual Conference 16 Oct 2009