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: Literacy
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…