Being a reflective practitioner is at the pedagogical core of the teaching profession. Interesting, reflection has been inherently linked to the concept of inquiry, where “reflective practitioners take an inquiry stance in that they actively search for understanding, and are always open to further investigation” (NSW DoE, 2021, para 4). Pondering my ETL401 learnings, it […]
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The Need for an Information Literacy Model in Schools
The readings and learnings from Module 5 provided some interesting takeaways, regarding the need for an Information Literacy model in schools. It has allowed me the opportunity to explore various models I was previously unaware of including Guided Inquiry Design, FOSIL, the Big6 and iLEARN). As a practitioner in a NSW Department of Education school, […]
Integrated Information Literacy Instruction
The reflection prompt invites consideration of the following three questions: How might the teacher librarian help the school move towards integrated information literacy instruction? What challenges lie in the way of such instruction? How might teacher librarians and teachers encourage students to transfer information literacy skills and practices from one subject to another? Firstly, it […]
A Call for Collaboration
When referring to the notion of collaboration in a professional teaching context, collaboration is defined as “a trusting, working relationship between two or more equal participants involved in shared thinking, shared planning and shared creation of integrated instruction” (Montiel-Overall, 2005, p. 32). I feel that collaboration, when it is done well, can be transformative to […]