il and learning - a symbiotic relationship to improve teaching practice
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IL & LEARNING*A symbiotic relationship to improve teaching and learning
Adam Lancaster@Dusty_Jacket
• Associate Assistant Headteacher• DSP• Literacy Coordinator• School Librarian of the Year• Shortlisted for 2015 Information Literacy
Award• Literacy & Reading Consultant– Save the Children– Civitas– UNESCO– Schools – Publishers– Book charities
WHO AM I?
• Lead on literacy & information literacy
• Assistant Headteacher – learning walks/observations
• Collapsed timetable coordinator• Safeguarding senior leader• Governor• MPS trainer
WHAT DO I DO IN SCHOOL?
FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Organised
Unorganised
FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Positive impact on learning
Negative impact on learning
FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Enhanced impact on teaching
No impact on teaching
FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Information literacy integral
No information literacy
TEACHERS
Their ideaImprove their teaching or student outcomes HoD
SLT link
Headteacher
Governors
MAKING ANYTHING WHOLE SCHOOL
PART OF APPRAISAL PROCESS & SLT
• All teaching staff as part of their appraisal have IL focus
• A feature of SDP• A must on Department Action Plans• Learning walk focus• Book scrutiny focus• SLT directed
INFORMATION LITERACY
Integral to teaching and learning
Ad hoc
•Purpose
•Location
•Understanding
•Self Evaluation
THE PLUS MODEL
• A model for information literacy and learningOPUS
Why?• If information literacy is linked to learning it
will be more successful in schools
• Searching for information and learning are already both linked
• Integrating information literacy into the curriculum is a highly beneficial model
OPUS•Objective
•Plan
•Understanding
•Synthesis
• Learning to LearnOBJECTIVE
• Thinking about the process• What is being asked of me?• What do I already know about this?• What do I still need to find out?
• EnablingPLAN
• This is where I might find the information
• This is what it will look like• This is how I will undertake the task
• DiscoveryUNDERSTANDING
• I have found the information that I need• I have gained the knowledge required• I can apply this understanding to the original
question
• ApplicationSYNTHESIS
• I can create based around my understand• I can see the wider links of this knowledge• I can explain my understanding
Info-Lit Learning
