Library instruction for teachers

Recent trends in American education reveal an increasing library participation in the learning process. From kindergarten through graduate school there is tangible evidence that books and reading seem destined for a part heretofore contemplated only by idealists and a few educational leaders still in the vanguard. often quoted Carlyle statement, The true university is a collection of books, apparently is on the verge of realization in the American school system. Years ago two presidents of two great American universitiesEliot at Harvard and Harper at Chicago-must have had much the same idea when they predicted the increased output of good books would likely do something revolutionary to classroom methods of teaching. And just before his death, the late Sir John Adams crystallized the thinking on library-centered education in his startling paper, The Library as Integralist,1 by suggesting the possibility of a library-centered curriculum. Up until a decade ago, however, the vision of a library-centered school was not taken seriously outside of commencement addresses

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• Non‐professional library instruction in teachers colleges

  Mabel Harris•Peabody Journal of Education•1934

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