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The Scottish Information Literacy Project has been working with Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) and:

·  North Lanarkshire Council, Education Resource Service

·  City of Edinburgh Council, Children and Families Department, Information and Learning Resources,

·  North Ayrshire Education Resources Service 

to  identify exemplars of good practice / case studies within the cross curricular area of information literacy within schools in Scotland. Thanks to the above parties, LTS Curriculum for Excellence Literacy and English Team and the school librarians involved, the case studies are now live and can be viewed on the LTS Information Literacy Website under sharing practice  - two more case studies are still to be finalised by LTS and will be added asap. Hopefully more case studies will be added in the future.

 

The addition of these sharing practice case studies / exemplars of good practice linked to the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence four capacities (to enable each child or young person to be a successful learner, a confident individual, a responsible citizen and an effective contributor) will add value to the LTS resources by:

·         facilitating access to practitioners’ good practices and classroom resources within this important cross curricular area

·         demonstrating how specific information literacy competencies can be applied in practice

·         identifying exemplars linked to different levels within the curriculum, subjects and resources.

 

This is an important development with the inclusion of information literacy as part of the Curriculum for Excellence Literacy and English experiences and outcomes specifically:

·         finding and using information in the listening and talking, and reading sections

·         understanding, analysing and evaluating in listening and talking, and reading sections “to encourage progression in understanding of texts, developing not only literal understanding but also the higher order skills”

·         organising and using information in the writing section

For more details see the Curriculum for Excellence: Literacy and English experiences and outcomes also the accompanying  - principles and practice paper / document.

Regards

 

 

Christine

 

Christine Irving BA (Hons), MCLIP, MSc • Researcher / Project Officer • The Scottish Information Literacy Project • Milton Street Building • MS005 (Ground Floor) • Glasgow Caledonian University • Cowcaddens Road • Glasgow G3 6RB • 0141 273 1249 • [log in to unmask] • www.caledonian.ac.uk/ils/ • http://caledonianblogs.net/information-literacy/  

 

"Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner." CILIP (2004) Information Literacy Definition

 

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