Reflecting on who I am and where I want to be…
PART A: What makes an effective Teacher Librarian? An effective teacher librarian is one who demonstrates leadership, collaboration, innovation, and supports the school community through the provision of services which enhance learning and wellbeing. It is someone who can position the Library as the heart of 21st century learning within the school and support whole…
As a lifelong lover of literature, I was drawn to this subject and the immense possibilities it could provide to my future career. Coming from a secondary English background, I already felt fairly confident in my ability to foster a love of reading and use literature to open new avenues for student engagement, empathy and learning.…
Fiction is a powerful tool to enhance learning. Embedding it into lessons supports the acquisition of curriculum content and outcomes, by presenting information in engaging and readily accessible ways, but also enhances it, by further expanding student understanding of key content at the same time as embedding valuable cross-curricular concepts. Using literature as a pathway…
What is literary learning? A simple answer would be that literary learning means learning by reading literature. However, I am learning that it is not just about being exposed to literary texts, but it is the strategies that are embedded within the learning, that encourage dialogic processes and critical and creative thinking. It is the…