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