Information Literacy is a TL bread and butter. We are the managers of the information in the library and we need to ensure our students and colleagues are literate in the methods to retrieve that information. This has always been the case however recent and rapid technological development has thrown our mostly behaviourist approach on it’s head. This approach is lacking when looking towards our student’s future functioning in their work and leisure lives. Abilock,D.(2015) lists a design process whereby updated approaches or units of work can be structured to reflect a constructivist outlook. Ideally, units of work would be planned with classroom teachers. Realistically, it depends on the nature of how groups of teachers collaborate and the expectation of the Principal and executive staff at individual schools. In my own situation I need to move more towards a constructivist approach. I certainly have elements of this design process however I need to revise and improve some areas, particularly the evaluative and reflective stages. These stages need to be incorporated throughout the research task.
Abilock, D. (2015). Information literacy. Building blocks of research: Overview of design process and outcomes. NoodleTools.
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