Global Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education: Are They Compatible With U. S. Civic Education?

Global citizenship education (GCE) and human rights education (HRE) offer substantive contributions to civic education.  Interconnections between the fields exist in curricula from intergovernmental organizations (UNESCO), non-governmental organizations (Oxfam Great Britain) and national ministries (Learning and Teaching Scotland).  This essay explores how civic education curricula, learning outcomes, and teacher preparation can be developed to enhance the roles played by GCE and HRE in U. S. civic education. GCE and HRE are defined, GCE and HRE aspects of recent curriculum models are examined, and challenges for integrating GCE and HRE into social studies education are discussed. Key findings 1.  Global citizenship education programs share a philosophy of cosmopolitanism; commitments to universal human rights norms; respect for cultural diversity and sustainable development; and issues-based curriculum designs. 2.  A high degree of compatibility exists between GCE program goals and the goals of the values-awareness-socialization HRE model.  This strong compatibility does not extend to the accountability-professional development or the activism-transformation models of HRE. 3. Implementing GCE faces major obstacles, notably emphases on national identity in nation-state civic education, the potential incompatibility between national interests and cosmopolitan commitments in the study of global issues, and the low commitment to GCE or HRE in teacher preparation

Teaching the Teacher: How to Integrate Information Literayc into the Curriculum

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Collaborative Learning and Convergence: Library Strategies and Solutions with an Eye on the USG Information Technology Strategic Plan

The article discusses collaborative learning as a library strategy of the University System of Georgia (USG) Information Technology Strategic Plan 2010 and the role of convergence in fostering it. It is stated that collaborative learning enables people to achieve quality learning by way of efficient technologies and its integration with content and environments that will benefit people and institutions. Convergence reportedly refers to the integration of distinct library services that will support the shared purpose of learning

Library Tools for Connecting with the Curriculum

Serving as liaison librarians at the department level, the authors discuss strategies for integrating library and online resources with the curriculum. Examples of technology-based capabilities range from current awareness services, e-reserves, and journal finding applications to smart linking functions that can be built into library catalogs, licensed databases, course syllabi, and tailored research guides. Attendees will be able to increase student engagement with learning resources by using their institution’s library tools more effectively, and by requesting librarian assistance to employ these functions in online research guides and course syllabi

Information Literacy Instruction and Assessment: College of Business Administration and College of Education, Georgia Southern University

This presentation was given during the Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Assessing Information Literacy with Knowledge Surveys: Interim Report from Two Computer-Based Trials

This presentation was given during the Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Library Tools for Connecting With the Curriculum: How To Create a Professional Development Workshop for Teaching Faculty

The article focuses on ways taken by librarians in linking library tools with the faculty curriculum in Georgia. It states that librarians Sonya Shepherd, Debra Skinner and Bob Fernekes from Zach S. Henderson Library have formed a team that would push students into library resources required by their faculty. It also mentions the creation of linking tools tutorials to improve student and faculty use of the resources

Library Tools for Connecting the Curriculum to On-Line Resources: A Faculty Development Workshop

Learn about technologies to provide students with direct links to entries in the library catalog, book lists, full-text journals, journal finding applications, licensed databases, as well as database lists, and to design a professional development workshop for their librarians and classroom faculty

Library Tools for Connecting with the Curriculum: How to Create a Professional Development Workshop for Teaching Faculty

The article focuses on ways taken by librarians in linking library tools with the faculty curriculum in Georgia. It states that librarians Sonya Shepherd, Debra Skinner and Bob Fernekes from Zach S. Henderson Library have formed a team that would push students into library resources required by their faculty. It also mentions the creation of linking tools tutorials to improve student and faculty use of the resources