School Libraries and Information Literacy hot topics
Read the British Library press release, Pioneering research shows Google Generation is a myth, and the linked report on Information behaviour of the researcher of the future.
The American Association of School Librarians has launched Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.This document affirms the importance of school libraries, and reinforces the significance of information literacy skills.
The updated 2008 (third edition) of School Libraries work! Research Foundation Paper from Scholastic Library Publishing also reinforces the power of information literacy and the key role of school libraries in student learning.
Curriculum planning and programming with COGs
A guided tour of the Curriculum Planning and Programming materials is now available, as is the first of a series of Professional Learning Communities on the Teaching and lLearning Exchange (TaLe), Curriculum planning and programming with COGs, which includes a focus on assessment practices when working with COGs. To access the guided tour and PLC go to the site
Curriculum Planning, Programming, Assessing & Reporting to Parents K-12
New strategies for educating students
- Our middle years learners - engaged, resilient, successful: an education strategy for years 5-9 in NSW 2006-2009
- Our young learners: giving them the best possible start: an education strategy for the early years from kindergarten to Year 4, 2006-2009
- Aboriginal Education and Training Strategy 2006 – 2008: a direct response to the Aboriginal Education Review
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