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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:40:35 -0400
From: Jill Hurst-Wahl <[log in to unmask]>
Jill Hurst-Wahl | School of Information Studies
Associate Professor of Practice
Director, M.S. Library and Info. Science &
LIS with School Media Specialization Programs
Syracuse University
208 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, New York 13244
t 315.443.1070 e [log in to unmask]
http://my.ischool.syr.edu/Profiles/Preview/jahurst
Subject: Rwandan Students in Residency at Syracuse Univ. for
Teacher-Librarianship Training
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently welcomed four new
distance students, teachers from Rwanda's Kigali Institute of Education
whose two-week summer residency is the initial step in their professional
development in teacher-librarianship, as well as part of a larger
initiative to eventually seed an iSchool in Rwanda.
The four were at the iSchool to take IST 612, "Youth Services in Libraries
and Information Centers," in residency format, along with other students
enrolled in that course. Upon their return to Rwanda, they will take four
more courses over the next two semesters through distance learning. While
their current individual goals are to gain a thorough understanding of
teacher-librarianship and to complete a Certificate of Subject Expertise
in International Teacher-Librarianship Curriculum Development and
Delivery, their wider hopes are to provide the footing for
teacher-librarianship education in their country. After completing their
certificates, the students will work with Syracuse University faculty and
professors from South Africa to develop a Kigali Institute of Education
teacher-librarianship curriculum. The certificate education effort is a
first step by the iSchool, together in its partnership with the Kigali
Institute, and a part of Syracuse University's arrangement with the
Information Training and Outreach Center for Africa, according to Sarah
Inoue, Ph.D., the iSchool's project manager for international development.
Read the remainder of the article at
http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/news.aspx?recid=1495
