on Provide a critical reflection of how your understanding of Information Literacy (IL), IL models and the TL role in inquiry learning has expanded through this subject. This is the first subject I have undertaken in my journey to become a Teacher Librarian (TL). In my first week I was asked in a discussion forum why… Continue Reading A Reflection
on Inquiry Learning Models – What are they? Inquiry Learning Models are procedures or sets of steps that can be used to teach and learn Inquiry Learning (IL) skills. Inquiry Learning (IL) takes a constructivist stance on education where students pose the questions and authentic, student directed learning is the goal (Lupton, 2014). There are many… Continue Reading Inquiry Learning Models
on The Teacher Librarian as Educator As I progress through my first semester of this degree, I now begin to understand the reason that a Teacher Librarian is called exactly that. With the TEACHER still attached, and notably at the front, of the title. Throughout the course we have been introduced to the idea that our… Continue Reading The Teacher Librarian as Educator
on What is “information literacy” and what does it mean to be “information literate”? What is “digital literacy”? What is “information fluency” and how does it differ from “information literacy”? What is literacy? Information literacy is so much more than being literate. Macquarie Dictionary defines literacy as; The ability to read and write. The ability to… Continue Reading On the many facets of Information Literacy