“Two Heads Are Better than One: Influencing Preservice Classroom Teachers’ Understanding and Practice of Classroom–Library Collaboration” was published on the American Association of School Librarians website. Judi Moreillon, PhD, wrote the report.
Two Heads Are Better than One: The Factors Influencing the Understanding and Practice of Classroom–Library Collaboration proposed to identify the factors involved in educating future K–8 classroom teachers about collaboration for instruction with school library media specialists (SLMSs). This longitudinal study monitored the growth of teacher education students’ understandings of collaboration through their preservice education, student teaching, and first year of classroom teaching. The participants were enrolled in a teacher preparation program facilitated by the researcher, a former SLMS. The goal of this mixed-methods case study was to suggest critical components of preservice education, student teaching, and first-year teaching experiences that influence novice classroom teachers’ classroom–library collaborations.
Here is another report from AASL, http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume14/kimmel “Consider with Whom You are Working”: Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration.”