A Space Called School 2

A Space Called School: The Information Literacy Challenge: 

A Space Called School: The Information Literacy Challenge Presentation to Somerset Librarians Conference 9 March 2005 James Henri Associate Professor University of Hong Kong

What is School?: 

What is School?

School Paradigms: 

School Paradigms Lets discuss two paradigms

School Paradigm A: 

School Paradigm A

School Paradigm B: 

School Paradigm B

Railways: 

Railways What are the words you think of when the idea of a railway pops into your mind?

Railways: 

Railways Knows where its going Dependable Comfortable Runs to a tight timetable Meets a set of standards Infrastructure

Railways: 

Railways Inflexible Inflexible Inflexible Inflexible

Mobile Phones: 

Mobile Phones Images of….

Questions:: 

Questions: Why are schools designed around classrooms? Why do schools have rigid Time Tables? Why are curriculums based on Subjects Why are students grouped by age?

Information Paradigms: 

Information Paradigms Question: What does your school think about information?

Information Paradigms: 

Information Paradigms Question: What does Mr. Thompson think of information?

Information: 

Information Collections Laboratories

Learning Paradigms: 

Learning Paradigms Question: Does your school measure Learning or Knowledge?

Learning Paradigms: 

Learning Paradigms Who gets the gold star? Jenny who scores 100% on every spelling test or Jill who scores 30% on every spelling test

Photocopy Learning: 

Photocopy Learning

Authentic Learning: 

Authentic Learning A question of: ENGAGEMENT

What is Learning?: 

What is Learning?

Authentic Learning: 

Authentic Learning A question of: EVIDENCE

Authentic Learning: 

Authentic Learning A question of: CONNECTION Nutrition Pollution

Cultural Paradigms: 

Cultural Paradigms 1 Teacher / 30 Students Time Table Staff Rooms

Cultural Paradigms: 

Cultural Paradigms Who sets the paradigm Drivers: Teacher Comfort Assessment Learning

Curriculum Paradigms: 

Curriculum Paradigms Jigsaw Jigsaw + Means Means + (Look at the assessment!)

Curriculum Paradigms: 

Curriculum Paradigms PBL or Solutions Based Learning (SBL) and Evidence Based Learning (EBL)

The ILSC Paradigm: 

The ILSC Paradigm A school community that places a high priority (policy, benchmarking, funding, and evaluation) on the pursuit of teacher and student mastery of the processes of becoming informed can be regarded as an information literate school community’.

The ILSC Paradigm: 

The ILSC Paradigm mastery of the processes of becoming informed encompasses the ability to: • recognise the need for information; • solve problems and develop ideas; • pose important questions;

The ILSC Paradigm: 

The ILSC Paradigm • use a variety of data gathering strategies; • locate relevant and appropriate data; • assess data for quality, authority, accuracy, authenticity; and • acknowledge that stress and uncertainty are essential components of becoming informed.

ILSCA School Where Teachers and Students are:: 

ILSC A School Where Teachers and Students are: using the practical and conceptual tools of information technology; • understanding form, formats, location and access methods; • identifying how data are situated and produced; • formatting and publishing in textual and multimedia formats; and • adopting emerging technologies.

The TL agenda in the ILSC: 

The TL agenda in the ILSC Check the agenda Principal relationship Policy process Information leadership (IL+KM+IP) Networks Focus (teachers first, students second)

Policy: 

Policy Has the school adopted an IPM such as

Have you and your school given thought to Kuhlthau’s ISP and its 3 domains?: 

Have you and your school given thought to Kuhlthau’s ISP and its 3 domains?

Slide33: 

Model of the Information Search Process     Tasks Initiation Selection Exploration Formulation Collection Presentation Feelings uncertainly optimism confusion clarity sense of satisfaction or (affective) frustration direction/ disappointment doubt confidence Thoughts vague focused (cognitive) increased interest Actions seeking relevant information seeking pertinent information (physical) exploring documenting Source: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/Information%20Search%20Process_files/frame.htm

Policy: 

Policy Has the school adopted an assessment policy and what role does evidence play in that?

So what does your school think of information?: 

So what does your school think of information?

Duck walking results from dead information: 

Duck walking results from dead information

For life!: 

For life!

Engagement with information leads from:: 

Engagement with information leads from: to...

Life-long Learning: 

Life-long Learning

SBL: 

SBL The ? is the A!

Further Reading: 

Further Reading Henri, J., & Asselin, M. (2005). The Information Literate School Community 2: Issues of Leadership. Wagga Wagga, NSW: CIS. http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/sciagr/sis/CIS/latest_frame.html Henri, J., & Asselin, M. (2005). Leadership Issues in the Information Literate School Community. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=1591581842