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Praxis II Library Media Specialist Test

by Nia

Jun 14, 2009

Definitely read the 4th edition (or 3rd edition) of "The School Library Media Manager" by Blanche Woolls and also the book Information Power: Building Partnership for Learning (1998). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN: 0-8389-3470-6 (paperback).

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Know these authors and their genres: Blume, Mildred Taylor, Asimov, Lionni, and CS Lewis! Also read Information Power several times. I cannot stress this enough. I went through and read, then highlighted, and then created notes to study from what I had highlighted. Know the difference between the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read. Those questions were a little confusing. Know what Information Literacy is and how it is applied in a school media center. Know the mission goals of the school library media program. Read everything about Collaboration in Information Power several times. Know that the primary goal of any school is ...See MoreDefinitely read the 4th edition (or 3rd edition) of "The School Library Media Manager" by Blanche Woolls and also the book Information Power: Building Partnership for Learning (1998). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN: 0-8389-3470-6 (paperback).

Go to the following website and look under the topic Praxis Exam: [link removed]

Know these authors and their genres: Blume, Mildred Taylor, Asimov, Lionni, and CS Lewis! Also read Information Power several times. I cannot stress this enough. I went through and read, then highlighted, and then created notes to study from what I had highlighted. Know the difference between the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read. Those questions were a little confusing. Know what Information Literacy is and how it is applied in a school media center. Know the mission goals of the school library media program. Read everything about Collaboration in Information Power several times. Know that the primary goal of any school is student learning. Know collection development. Lots of questions concerning that topic. Know how to apply Bloom's taxonomy. I studied the parts and they did not want that. They wanted examples of students using the different parts. Know what Boolean operators are and when to use them. Know the court case Ashcroft V. ACLU and the Island case and other court cases and acronnyms ex CIPA etc. Know about flexible scheduling and why it is so important. Know Keith Curry Lance(Colorado Study) and also the two men who created the Big 6 Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. Know who sponsored the book Information Power. Know what MARC records are and all the parts. Know what goes into planning a new facilty. Know what the Newbery, Caldecott, and Pritz awards are for. They were all on there. Know the Dewey Decimal system and which areas must be updated most often. Know what a Tellable Tale is. Know what a booktalk is,multiple intelligences, learning styles)etc,etc. Review a Children's literature Text, Collection Development.

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