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Difficulties with reading and humanity in the teacher librarian training courses

Okada, Daisuke

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Title
Difficulties with reading and humanity in the teacher librarian training courses
Author(s)
Okada, Daisuke
Issue Date
2023-09
Keyword(s)
  • Curriculum
  • Reading And Humanity
  • Reading And Reading Practices
  • Reading Education
  • School Libraries
  • Training Course
Abstract
In Japan, the national curricula for future teacher librarians and school librarians includes the subject “Reading and Rich Humanity.” Reading will help develop language, expression, and imagination. However, the relevance between reading and rich humanity is not clear. Therefore, we conducted a survey of the educational content being offered in Japan. Guidelines by the (Japan) School Library Association, textbooks for this class, and syllabi by each university were analyzed. The guidelines for school librarians state, “(2) The significance of reading in nurturing the minds and fostering rich humanity of students.” However, the other guideline for teacher librarians does not mention character at all, even though the teacher librarian has more teaching responsibilities. It is mentioned in the textbooks, but only to explain the relevance of reading to a part of humanity. There were 55 types of syllabi collected from 45 universities. Only 25 universities included words such as Character or Humanity. A class in which character-related terms do not appear on the syllabus, despite the fact that dealing with characters is a requirement, is evidence that this university faculty member does not see a positive connection between reading and characters. The results suggest that many university faculty find it difficult to teach the relevance of reading and rich humanity in their classes.
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2023
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/123158
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1293
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2023 Daisuke Okada
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference: ALISE 2023 PRIMARY
Bridge the Gap: Teaching, Learning, Practice, and Competencies