RESOURES CENTERS FOR

TECHING LEARNING

PROCESS

INTRODUCTION

The need to develop school libraries is urgent in that, on the one hand

there is a need to convey information via a wide diversity of

technologies and resources, and on the other hand, there is a myriad of

new teacher and student roles to support. Within this view, came the

project of learning centers. The objective is to raise school libraries to an

international and more technical standard. Learning Resource Centres

can also be institutionalized in various institutions for teaching and

learning purposes. The purpose of a resource center is to advanced the

learning experience of students and teachers in any educational sector.

A school utility driven by a qualified expert. It contains several

information resources and their techniques, which the teacher directly

deals to acquire searching skills of information, analyze and evaluate to

build a new knowledge and experience, then develop them using several

learning methods. It also provides services to, facilitate the useful for

both teaching and learning. Learning resources center's general aim is to

ensure learning educational suitable environment that allows learner

benefit from any kind of learning resources.

A learning resources center's success depends firstly on the range of its

engagement in modern learning methods implementation, which gives

more concentration to learner role in learning process, and evaluates

work mechanism, in learning resources centers on the bases that learning

resources center is not a place supported with learning resources

accordingly, but educational action and substantial element of different

elements of classroom lesson. The Work mechanism in learning

resources centers requires following two methods and merging between

them.

DATA COLLECTED

As a teacher, the library media specialists works with students and other

members of the learning community to analyze learning and information

needs, to locate and use resources that will meet those needs, and to

understand and communicate the information the resource provides.

The library media specialist is knowledgeable about current research on

teaching and learning and skilled in applying its findings to a variety of

situations – particularly those that call upon students to access, evaluate,

and use information from multiple sources in order to learn, to think, and

to create and to apply knowledge.

In short, the library media specialist teaches students to use information

for critical thinking and problem solving using the information literacy

standards for student learning set.

A learning resources center's success depends firstly on the range of its

engagement in modern learning methods implementation, which gives

more concentration to learner role in learning process, and evaluates

work mechanism, in learning resources centers on the bases that learning

resources center is not a place supported with learning resources

accordingly, but educational action and substantial element of different

elements of classroom lesson.

The Work mechanism in learning resources centers requires following

two methods and merging between them.

Benefiting from learning resources centers requires each teacher to

implement one lesson weekly (or according to school classes

number) in the learning resources center and to depend, in this

lesson, mainly on group learning method (cooperative learning) .

In the second method, benefiting from learning resources centers

does not require teacher to implement class lesson in learning

resources center, but he has to follow up the same previous

procedures, then allow the students to implement their projects

referring to learning resources center outside the lesson time, and

students to be given, in this case, more time to implement the

project, then require do a presentation and discussion in the class.

Activities:

The learning center implements a group of activities, designed

and implemented by teachers in cooperation with center

specialist.

Methods of implementation of these activities differ according

to educational grades and concentrate on implementation of

modem educational and learning methods. Such activities are:

Reading activities: aim to sow reading habits those like;

summarization and book presentation.

Learning activities: these activities are done by student

depending on himself to support his learning.

Educational activities: these activities are done by teacher

to support student learning.

Information search: search on internet and using

references.

Cultural activities: these activities to be done by student in

order to improve his cultural level; school radio, seminars,

lectures and competition.

Cooperative activities: these activities are done by

students to help center to achieve its aims as a center group.

Administrative' activities: these activities appear to

occupy center with waiting lessons, school meetings and

educational coordinator's meetings etc. .

Social activities: the aim of these activities is community

service; like anti-terror activity, anti-smoking etc.

Learning resources centers:

1) Self-learning auditorium: Self-learning auditorium should

facilitate access to all kind of information resources: printed,

depending on learning instrument and computerized

resources. Then this auditorium should be available,

attractive and suitable for student of all grades.

2) Self-learning auditorium includes the following: Reception

and visitors serving area, cataloguing, borrowing and –

management. – Reading and perusal area.

3) Self-learning area (using several resources) – Electronic

learning area – Area when can be maintained learning

resources (printed and not printed) – Catalogues area (using

computer)

2) Group-learning auditorium: The most important characterizing this

auditorium is: it has a various equipments and uses, whereas available

projectors depend on computer, radio or live presentation through digital

camera. There is available, also, flexible furniture which can be reshaped

to suit all kind of group and cooperative learning. And it also prepared

for simple designing and production of educational materials and several

media.

Reasons for establishing resources centers:

The strong connection between learning resources and method, and

passing away supporting and cultural general role of school

libraries into essential, accurately planned, role to achieve the

method and its purposes.

The book and printed material become not the only information

resource.

Development of educational theories, international tends to self

learning, taking in account differences of individuals, make the

learner the axis of educational process, and the teacher role change

into a leader and facilitator of learning process.

Learning resources centers concentrate on amalgamation of

resources, information and communication technologies with

educational practices inside centers.

Reasons for establishing resource centers

The strong connection between learning resources and method, and

passing away supporting and cultural general role of school libraries

into essential, accurately planned, role to achieve the method and its

purposes.

The book and printed material become not the only information

resource.

Development of educational theories, international tends to self

learning, taking in account differences of individuals; make the

learner the axis of educational process, and the teacher role change

into a leader and facilitator of learning process.

Learning resources centers concentrate on amalgamation of

resources, information and communication technologies with

educational practices inside centers.

Learning resources center specialist's role

As a teacher, the library media specialists works with students and

other members of the learning community to analyze learning and

information needs, to locate and use resources that will meet those

needs, and to understand and communicate the information the

resource provides.

The library media specialist is knowledgeable about current

research on teaching and learning and skilled in applying its

findings to a variety of situations – particularly those that call upon

students to access, evaluate, and use information from multiple

sources in order to learn, to think, and to create and to apply

knowledge.

In short, the library media specialist teaches students to use

information for critical thinking and problem solving using the

information literacy standards for student learning set.

A learning resources center's success depends firstly on the range

of its engagement in modern learning methods implementation,

which gives more concentration to learner role in learning process,

and evaluates work mechanism.

In learning resources centers on the bases that learning resources

center is not a place supported with learning resources accordingly,

but educational action and substantial element of different

elements of classroom lesson. The Work mechanism in learning

resources centers requires following two methods and merging

between them.

Conclusion

Learning resources centers are the correct way to activate

school library and to amalgamate it into educational

procedure as well as it is a part from it, but not among

subsidiary utilities. One of the biggest problems that still

face school libraries is that school libraries still playing

general cultural role lead to isolate them away from

educational process. So they became a place to cover

waiting lessons and an escape for every lazy teacher, who

does not desire to carry out lessons, whereas learning

resources centers project has put the center among

educational process through its support by necessary

technical and librarian equipments needed for teachers

educational tasks performance within modem method,

and supported these centers with supporting for

curriculum educational resources, suitable for age types

existing there, so center became a necessary place where

teachers run to, to help them to implement their tasks and

achieve their educational aims.

REFERENCE

The College Learning Resource Center. Littleton.

Learning Resource Centers in Community Colleges.

The Learning Re

source Center—Its Development and Implementation

Crawford,