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Encouraging and Supporting Student Inquiry Researching Controversial Issues
Harriet S. Selverstone
Book Code: LU4965
ISBN: 1-59158-496-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-496-4
288 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 9/30/2007
List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Librarians will find this resource useful both for setting up lessons and inquiries into the topics listed and as a model for helping students to research other topics....Selverstone's guide is a sound purchase for school librarians and for public libraries serving high school populations.
    —VOYA     June 2008
  • Selverstone gives sound advice for advocating inquiry-based research, especially for hot topics that are most interesting to students. She advises library media specialists on what constitutes controversial topics, how to collaborate with teachers to foster critical thinking, and how to gain administrative support for this kind of program research....[t]he philosophies and ideas presented make this book an ideal purchase to promote and foster collaboration with the school communities in which many of us work.
    —School Library Journal     March 2008
Description: Assignments that engage students in inquiry topics of their own choosing contribute to motivation and thus to learning. Very often the topics chosen (particularly by high school students) are considered controversial by school administration, parents, community organizations, and others. This practical book discusses the processes, actions, and policies needed to support and encourage high school students in that type of inquiry. Building trusting relationships over time with administration and the school community will be stressed as a way to build a community of true inquiry in your school and library. Classroom teachers and high school librarians will value the advice and scaffolding techniques presented that will enable their school and high school library to become a safe place for student inquiry into issues of their own choosing-- controversial or not. The author draws on her 30-plus years as a high school librarian, deeply concerned with the intellectual freedom of the researchers in her library media center and with offering help and reassurance to those trying to implement school library programs that allow all voices to be heard. Grades 9-12.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Controversial Issues--Definition
  • Student Assignments
  • Administrative Support
  • Public Relations: Necssary for Support of Programs
  • Teaching, Learning and Student Inquiry During the Research Process
  • Controversial Issues: What Are They?
  • Researching Controversial Issues
  • Presentation of Controversial Issues
  • Biology/Health
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • History
  • People
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Sexuality
  • Notes
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2007009266
LCC Class: ZA3075
Dewey Class: 001
PDF Catalogs:
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
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