School libraries in Bavaria Demands Role of State

www.goethe.de/riga Conference „Library & School“, Goethe-Institut Riga 22./23.09.2005

School librariesSchool librariesin Bavariain Bavaria

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Martin Sachse, OStR


PISA 2000 / PISA 2003Weiß, Manfred / Steinert, Brigitte (2001): Institutional guidelines

and their active realization – The perspective of the head teachers. In: PISA 2000. Ed.: German PISA-Consortium. Opladen: Leske & Budrich, pp 427-454:

A positive remark: Meanwhile, many schools have a school library on their own, even though the situation in secondary schools is much better than in primary schools. More than 2/3 of the “Hauptschulen” have a classroom library. p 442


Equipments and measures to promote reading in German schools (%) p 442

Equipments and measures Hauptschule Realschule Gymnasium

School library 60,3 61,7 92,7

Study-group „Reading“, study-group „Literature“

11,5 3,8 18,9

Study-group „Theatre“ 52,9 53,5 84,2

Reading-clubs 0,0 0,0 7,6

Classroom libraries 68,8 42,1 37,8

Book-Newspaper 1,6 0,8 1,4

Project „Newspaper in School“ 44,6 34,0 58,6

School magazine 49,8 50,4 86,7

Workshop Writing 13,7 0,0 10,9

Promotion courses in reading 62,4 46,8 11,5


PISA 2003

Reading comprehension

Rank / Participant Result (Points) 01 Finland 543 02 Korea 534 06 Bavaria 518 11 Baden-Wuerttemberg 507 12 Saxony 504 OECD-Average 494 22 Germany 491 24 Czech Republic 489 45 Mexico 400


PIRLS / IGLU

Rank / Participant Result (Points)

01 Sweden 561

02 Netherlands 554

05 Baden-Wuerttemberg 549

06 Bavaria 546

07 Latvia 545

10 Lithuania 543

11 Hungary 543

15 Germany 539

16 Czech Republic 537


PIRLS / IGLU-E

Percentage of pupils on competence levels Level Germany Baden-

Württemb. Bavaria … Nordrhine-

Westfalia IV 18,1 21,2 20,7 15,2 III 43,0 46,4 46,0 41,0 II 28,6 25,1 24,8 30,9 I 9,0 6,5 7,4 11,3 1,3 0,8 1,2 1,6


PIRLS / IGLU

Reading comprehension

Rank / Participant Result (Points) 01 Sweden 561 02 Baden-Wuerttemberg 549 03 Bavaria 547 04 Latvia 545 07 Hungary 543 10 Germany 539 11 Czech Republic 537 12 Nordrhine-Westfalia 532 20 Norway 499


Innovations and conclusions: The Bavarian school libraries Development of new curricula.

Hauptschule Realschule Gymnasium

Promotion of day care: schools that hold classes all day.

Lessons of repetition and intensification.


Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry, November 17th, 2003:

„Working at and with school libraries in Bavaria“„Working at and with school libraries in Bavaria“

Introduction: importance of promoting reading at and with school libraries; UNESCO-manifesto; development of school libraries into multimedia centers of information, knowledge and communication

Connection with the announcement of August, 7th, 2003: „Media education and IT at school“




Purpose of school libraries: Joy of reading; independent learning; finding

information, judging and working with it; working at and with school libraries as a duty of all subjects (incl. mathematics, biology, …)

Amalgamation of all libraries at school. Co-operation with public libraries. Encouragement of children who emigrated from

foreign countries.




Equipment: Making suitable rooms available,

establishment of places for reading and working, financing equipment in the long term.

Integration and founding of associations supporting libraries.




Tasks of representatives (1): Responsibility for equipment. Making an inventory and a catalogue. Establishing the stock, conserving and expanding the

collection. Organizing the borrowing of media. Support of and didactical-methodological advice for

teachers. In-school training courses. Co-operation with public libraries.




Tasks of representatives (2): Training, among others at the Bavarian

Academy for teacher training (Dillingen). Support by other employees and persons (incl.

pupils and parents).

Teaching and learning at and with the school library:

Promotion of reading competence. Working on projects. …


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Reading promotion and school libraries


• School libraries in Bavaria• FAQs and didactics of school library• Representatives: Tasks and workplace• Qualification of representatives• Equipment• Establisihing the stock, conservation• Administration and OPAC (Online Public

Access Catalogue)• Software• Systematic organization• Rules of library• Co-operation with public libraries• Contact addressesSchool libraries:


Manual

Organization Co-operation school library / public library Equipment and

administration Educational

possibilities Glossary Literature Addresses, Links


Development of materials and concepts for German (reading and writing) as a duty of all subjects

Project of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK), leadership: Bavaria (ISB). Collection and development of representative

examples. More than 10 publications, e. g. „Reading competence

in sciences“ or „Reading competence at school: School libraries and co-operation with publishers“

‣ ProLesen (= ProReading)


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