Award Date

May 2024

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Teaching and Learning

First Committee Member

Sophie Ladd

Second Committee Member

Chyllis Scott

Third Committee Member

Norma Marrun

Fourth Committee Member

Heather Dahl-Jacinto

Number of Pages

190

Abstract

With the weight and hype being put into winning these “heavy medals” as referred to by School Library Journal Blog (Mroczek-Bayci, 2023) plus the rising conflicts centered around book banning across the nation, how are school librarians selecting these titles, specifically the Caldecott winners, when adding them to their library collections? Are librarians utilizing Book Industry and Standards and Communications (BISAC) codes to aid in their curation or are they following the masses and clicking the add to cart and purchasing button, or is there another means of decision making happening? This study was guided by a qualitative narrative methodological approach (Polkinghorne, 1995). The purpose of this study was twofold. First, I wanted to better understand how school librarians make curation decisions centered on books for their collection, specifically related to incorporating Caldecott Medal winning titles. Second, I wanted to determine how if librarians’ selection decisions were centered on elements of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as defined by Ladson-Billings (1995, 2014), Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy as defined by Paris (2012) and Critical Librarianship (Drabinski, 2019).

Keywords

BISAC codes; Caldecott Medal; children's literature; Critical Librarianship; narrative research; public elementary school librarians

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Educational Methods

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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