What Happens When Young People Actually Read “Disturbing” Books

by admin | Jan 28, 2024 | Reading and Literacy, Research, School libraries

Lost in the political battles over “educationally suitable” books is what actually happens when young people read. One side assumes students reading certain books will become traumatized, radicalized, or morally perverted, while the other argues for free speech and...

Creating an Australian School Literacy Policy

by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Literacy, Research, School libraries

Creating an Australian School Literacy Policy: A Research-Informed Guide to Designing a Policy That Fits Your School by Dr Margaret K Merga is the new go-to for creating effective and holistic literacy policy. Drawing on extensive analysis of literacy policy documents...

Beyond Temporary Experts: Secondary Students’ Experiences in Autonomous Research

by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | School libraries

This qualitative case study explores the experiences of students in their final year of the International Baccalaureate as they prepared, researched, and completed their Extended Essay project – an autonomous research process which develops their capacity to...

Understanding the changing nature of information literacy in education

by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Information skills and practice, Research, School libraries

A recent study exploring how college students conceptualize the online information landscape has found that information literacy approaches relying upon a ‘static’ presentation of information, which is sought by the student, does not reflect the current environment...

Evidence-Based Practice and School Libraries: Interconnections of Evidence, Advocacy, and Actions

by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Research, School libraries

Todd, Ross J.Knowledge Quest , v43 n3 p8-15 Jan-Feb 2015 This author states that a professional focus on evidence based practice (EBP) for school libraries emerged from the International Association of School Librarianship conference when he presented the concept. He...