Imagine if you woke up one day and your past had vanished? No way to look back or learn from what once was. No history or ancestry to shape yourself, no foundation of past experiences. What if it was not just your, but your community’s…
The impression I formed throughout the MTL course is that ETL504 is the nightmare class! I had never heard of a “middle leader” before and was secretly terrified that my introverted self was going to be told to narcissistically insert myself into leadership meetings. Thankfully,…
The education system of the 20th century was designed during the Industrial Revolution and informed by the Enlightenment (Robinson, 2010). The societal and cultural climates of that time impacted how it was structured and the outcomes achieved. As we move into the 21st century there…
I have just completed my final assignment for ETL505 Describing and Analysing Education Resources. In many ways, it was much more difficult than I expected it to be (the final section, on the final question, of the final assignment, I just could not work out…
After taking a break from study, I am apprehensively keen for the start of ETL505 – Describing and Analysing Education Resources. Have you ever seen the illustration of a jar filled with ping-pong balls? You say, “yes it’s full!” but then marbles are poured in…
In Module 1, The School Library Collection, we were asked to find a definition of collection development or management other than what we found in the module. I really wanted to find what other local area schools were doing but found that, not only were…
It’s been a while since I’ve been in this space and much has happened. After four back-to-back study sessions, I took Session 2 off last year to give myself and my family a little breather–so I thought! It turns out there was no time to…
I expected ETL402 to be very practical, thinking it would give me insight into how to purchase a range of books for a school library. It has done that (McEwen, 2020, December 28) and more. It has made me think about how I can increase…
Censorship was discussed in Module 3 several weeks ago. I didn’t blog about it at the time even though it has been percolating in the back of my mind and has prompted several discussions with others. I was very intrigued by Reynold’s chapter on scary…
We were asked in Module 2 to conduct a personal stocktake of our knowledge of children’s literature. I am thankful that I can say I had a childhood immersed in quality literature. To be honest, reading was less my thing and more of my mum’s….