Post on 14-May-2015
The Global Library in the Village of Iskra in Support of Formal
Education
LIBRARY AT IVAN VAZOV 1896 PUBLIC CHITALISHTE, VILLAGE OF ISKRA, PLOVDIV DISTRICT
GLOB@L LIBRARIES – BULGARIA PROGRAMDistrict Thematic Meeting
“Good Practices of Target Libraries from Plovdiv District”
4 September 2012
• Library open lesson implementation steps • What’s new • Ideas• Exemplary open lessons (photographs)• Challenges • Results• Recommendations
Content:
Library Open Lesson Implementation Steps1
TEACHERS’ AND SCHOOL GOERS’
INTERESTS AND NEEDS
ASSESSMENT
2TOPIC
SELECTION
3DETERMINE
LESSON DURATION, DAY
AND TIME
4LESSON
OBJECTIVES
5PRELIMINARY
PREPARATION BY LIBRARIAN AND SCHOOL GOERS
6LESSON
DELIVERY
7CONSOLIDATIO
N AND RECAPITULATIO
N OF STUDY MATERIAL
8GAMES
• Consolidate and build on the knowledge of a subject studied at school
• Develop further school goers’ skills for working with maps, boards, crosswords, tables, tests and drawings for coloring
• Gain presentation, group-work and public speech skills
Objectives
The lesson should be delivered in a way conducive to achieving planned objectives.
• Activities: * Knowledge update * Communicate lesson subject, goals and
objectives * Brief presentation of study content * Practical problem solving: - Divide students into groups and assign tasks - Looking for solutions in the groups - Report and analyze results - Summarize results
Lesson Delivery
• A room equipped with new computer and modern peripheral equipment
• Free high-speed internet • Qualified staff trained in ICT : - Librarian – ½ staff position employed
under the program - Secretary – a librarian with library
studies and pedagogical background – 1 staff position
• Training and modern services
What’s New
• Be attractive to children not only to use traditional services but also promote library activities as a modern information center
• Educational and entertaining library open lessons • New opportunity for school goers’ preparation for
the learning process• New environment different from the school
environment • Long-term partnership with the local school
The Idea
Otets Paisii Primary School, Iskra
Ivan Vazov 1896 Public Chitalishte, Iskra
Biology Open Lesson“Masters of the Sky”, 7th – 8th grades
Chemistry Open Lessons 1. “Chemical Formulas of Two-element Compounds”
(7th – 8th grades)2. “Water Solutions of Acids, Bases and Salts. Activity of Metals” (8th grade)
2.
1.
History and Man and Society Open Lessons1. “Vasil Levski: the Genius of Patriotism”, 6th grade2. “Bulgarian National Revival Leaders”, 4th grade
1.
2.
History Open Lesson3. “Bulgaria’s Treasures”, 5th – 6th grade
3.
Bulgarian Language Open Lesson 3. “The Word in the Lexical Stock of Bulgarian Language”, 5th – 8th grade
3.
• Small number of school goers (85 students: 1st – 8th grade)
• Merged classes (1st with 3rd grade; 7th with 8th grade)
• Roma school goers: 80%• Electricity and equipment troubles • Prove to teachers and school goers that
what we do is helpful
Organizational Challenges
• First place in the “National Revival Leaders and I” contest held in the local school
• Third place in the “National Revival Leaders and I” municipal contest held in Parvomay (plaque and diploma)
• Improved results from the biology and chemistry external evaluation
Results
• Teachers’ council meeting to identify partnership initiatives
- promotion, questionnaires and a plan by months
• Mandatory feedback following each lesson
• Work with volunteers
Recommendations
Thank you for your attention!
Hristina Hristeva, Chitalishte Secretary and Librarian Library at Ivan Vazov 1896 Public Chitalishte, village of Iskra, Plovdiv districtContacts:e – mail: biblioteka_xr@abv.bg