I have been a primary school teacher for the past ten years. I am currently fulfilling the teacher librarian role in a school in south-west Sydney. I am in my first semester in the Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship) degree at Charles Sturt University, completing ETL401 and ETL503. The subject ETL401: Introduction to Teacher Librarianship Read More…
Category: ETL401
Inquiry Learning – Barriers and Issues
For this post, I am responding to a discussion based around the issues and barriers TLs face when teaching from an Inquiry based model. The notion of issues and barriers that stand in the way of inquiry learning has been at the forefront of my mind since starting these modules this semester. Background information: I Read More…
Inquiry Skills in the Australian Curriculum – Response to literature
For this post, I am responding to an article written by Lupton (2014). Lupton, M. (2014). Inquiry Skills in the Australian Curriculum v6: A bird’s eye view. Access, 28(4), 8-29. I have been a primary teacher for almost 10 years now and truly, since I have been in the TL role only this year, I have really Read More…
Literacy Perspectives
From my previous post on defining literacy, it is clear that I have always believed literacy belongs in the “English” basket. A set of explicitly taught skills that students engage and use during English lessons. Module 5 (Information Literacy) of ETL401 has allowed me to revisit my definitions of literacy and its importance in developing Read More…
Literacy – What is it?
Module 5 of ETL401 introduces us to Information Literacy – a very jam packed module that breaks down each aspect. Before it goes into detail, the module aims to provide a solid definition of literacy itself. Before reading on, I decided to define what I believe literacy is. Being a primary school teacher for almost Read More…
Infor-whaaat?
Never have I ever thought about information and information processing more in my life! It has been a great start to Module 2 – written clearly and easy to understand. Throughout this module, I understand that information is more than just knowledge or facts. It is beyond just receiving a conveyed message. Module 2 has Read More…
Reflection – Assessment One
Finishing my Bachelor of Primary Education degree in 2012, I knew what I wanted to do – teach. I never considered any other role. Classroom teacher was the job for me. I was fortunate enough to receive a permanent position when finishing university and was put straight into Kindergarten territory! While feeling overwhelmed and anxious, Read More…