SCHOOL LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE

Volume 7, Number 2, July 2001, 1-16.

Theme: Resources and Services for Special Groups

Teaching Information Skills to Students with Disabilities: What Works? [PDF file]
Janet Murray
A school library program can make an important contribution to the education of students with disabilities, especially in teaching them information skills that will give them lifelong support in accessing information that may be important to their daily living. As more students with disabilities are included in mainstream schools, school librarians need to gather information and knowledge about the most effective ways of teaching information skills to this group. Earlier literature on this topic is reviewed, and examples and approaches that were found in schools that participated in an Australian study on school library services for students with disabilities are discussed.

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