school libraries developing information literacy skills
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School Libraries School Libraries DevelopingDevelopingInformation Information
Literacy SkillsLiteracy Skills
DevelopmentDevelopment
Evolved from individual ‘Competency Curriculum’ Evolved from individual ‘Competency Curriculum’ Days (2007 & 2008)Days (2007 & 2008)
Used the RSA ‘Opening Minds’ Competences:Used the RSA ‘Opening Minds’ Competences:
Citizenship, Learning, Citizenship, Learning, Managing InformationManaging Information, , Managing Situations, Relating to PeopleManaging Situations, Relating to People
Managing information:Managing information:existence of aliens / creating a travel pack for a city break – existence of aliens / creating a travel pack for a city break –
partnership between teachers and librarian to plan and create partnership between teachers and librarian to plan and create lessonslessons
BUT – little evidence of pupils transferring skills or cross-curricular reinforcement – so…
2008-20092008-2009Skills Curriculum:Skills Curriculum:
6 departments – keen to work 6 departments – keen to work on Managing Information on Managing Information competencecompetence
English, Technology, English, Technology, History, Languages, History, Languages, Science & ICTScience & ICT
Jointly planned lessons with Jointly planned lessons with LibrarianLibrarian
½ a term per department½ a term per departmentEach class to have 6 lessonsEach class to have 6 lessons
Focus is development of Focus is development of information literacy skills ~information literacy skills ~
ProcessProcess as important as as important as outcome – integral part of outcome – integral part of the workthe work
Theme for 1st term: Past, Present and Future
Each of the competences revolves around this theme
All planned by reps from each department, including Library
A Helping Hand with ResearchA Helping Hand with Research
Based onJohn Cabot Academy
‘Hand-Up’ model
Illustration: Mr M. Owen
2009-20102009-2010Skills Curriculum:Skills Curriculum:
Year 7 taught for 40% of Year 7 taught for 40% of timetable by their tutortimetable by their tutor
Tutor team = volunteers ‘Skills Tutor team = volunteers ‘Skills teachers’teachers’
Rest of staff have to build on Rest of staff have to build on skills in lessons and have skills in lessons and have had to create lessons had to create lessons making the skills explicitmaking the skills explicit
Helping pupils to see Helping pupils to see themselves as learnersthemselves as learners
Development of skills for Development of skills for learninglearning
2009 & 2010: in Skills : Ready Steady Go! Intro module
2009 & 2010: in Technology: Timeline Inventions Project
New for 2010: in English: Mysteries fact file
New for 2010: in History: Olympics investigation
New for 2010: in Skills: Cross-curricular theme
Positive Impact…Positive Impact…
Library automatically integratedLibrary automatically integrated into the annual into the annual planning – better prepared and able to resourceplanning – better prepared and able to resource
Librarian accepted as Librarian accepted as partnerpartner in learning process in learning process and participates in all planning and development and participates in all planning and development meetingsmeetings
Librarian asked to do Librarian asked to do whole-school staff whole-school staff trainingtraining
Information literacy skills on the Information literacy skills on the whole school whole school agendaagenda
Skills reinforced in Skills reinforced in cross-curricularcross-curricular way way Skills taught in more Skills taught in more structuredstructured way way
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