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Page 1: School Libraries Developing Information Literacy Skills

School Libraries School Libraries DevelopingDevelopingInformation Information

Literacy SkillsLiteracy Skills

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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…

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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

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A Helping Hand with ResearchA Helping Hand with Research

Based onJohn Cabot Academy

‘Hand-Up’ model

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Illustration: Mr M. Owen

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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

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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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