Marcia A. Mardis, EdDWayne State University

Questioning Authority in the School Library:

Education, Standards

Guiding Ideas

1. Schools and classrooms are in turbulence;

2. Emerging fundamental changes in the nature and sources of information;

3. The critical need for new skills for workers in a global economy.

Can’t anyone work in the library?

We have the Internet.

I can save how much?

1

AdoptionNo Concern

Access

2

Adaptation

Self

Skills

3

AppropriationTask

Policy

4

InventionImpact

Motivation

Cultural/Social Influences

Structural/Symbolic Influences

What we have vs. What we think we have

New Themes, Memes

Inquire, think critically, and gain

knowledge

Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply

knowledge to new situations, & create

new knowledge

Share knowledge, participate ethically &

productively as members of our

democratic society

Pursue personal and aesthetic

growth

Appropriateness

Authority

Tough times

require creative

strategies

Marcia Mardis • mmardis@wayne.edu