s provision for the exceptional child, and the child who needs to learn in a different manner.
It allows students to vary the rate at which they learn.
It encourages children to be creative, imaginative and curious, and to become active rather than passive learners.
Resource-based programs offer the choice of a wide range of print and nonprint resources from which to learn.
These programs offer students and teachers the opportunity to choose the location in which to learn, whether in the classroom, the resource center or the community.
The instructor may vary, from the classroom teacher, to the teacher-librarian, to an invited member of the community.
Resource-based teaching encourages students to make choices and to accept the responsibility for the outcomes of those choices.
Along with these goals and advantages, teachers and librarians can now work together in the development of projects to help meet the goals of the curriculum. Traditionally,
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