Senior School Information Studies Curriculum: Information Literacy in Action
Check out the print resources in the Penturn Library by searching our OPAC. Then, consult our online databases. For additional information, try the links below. *New links are regularly added to this site, so check back often. The teaching and learning resources listed below have been selected for staff and student use.
Cherchez les ressources sur papier à la bibliothèque Penturn en utilisant notre catalogue "OPAC." Aussi, consultez les bases de données. Pour l'information supplémentaire essayez les liens qui se trouvent ci-dessous. On ajoute régulièrement de nouveaux liens; alors, regardez ce site de temps en temps. Les ressources d'enseignment et d'apprentisage ont été choisies pour les professeurs et les étudiants.
"Study and information skills cannot be represented by one curriculum 'area'; they are the substance of all academic work and a great deal of non-academic work in schools." (Irving 14)
The process of building strong connections between academic work and information skills is essential. The point is that students must be doing meaningful work using information skills while crossing curricular boundaries.
The components of Information Literacy include the ability to:
• Recognize the need for information
• Access information
• Evaluate information How and Why to Evaluate Internet Sources
• Synthesize information
• Communicate/Transfer Information
This course integrates many different disciplines, and across many departments.
• Language Arts(English/French/Spanish/German: Reading, evaluating information, validating sources, writing persuasive essays.
• TOK/Ethics: Ethical use of information, copyright, plagiarism, censorship.
• History: History of information and communication
• Media: Detecting and analyzing bias, stereotyping, deconstructing and analyzing documents.
• Psychology: Multiple Intelligence’s, Learning Theories, intelligence, effects of information & technology on society.
• Science: Brain theory, how the brain processes information.
- Douglas Fir Reading Circle:3
Section 2: Researching: the Curriculum Connection
- Jamie Mc Kenzie :The Question Mark: an educational journal devoted to questions, questioning, sound intelligence, strategic reading and quality teaching. 'Questions are the Answer!'
Section 3: Referencing: the Learning Connection
Section 4: Resourcing: the Classroom Curriculum Links
General - Reference (click on the links below) you will find pages devoted to reliable and authoritative reference sources e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias,and atlases etc.
Group 1 Language A
Group 2 Language B
Group 3 The Individual & Society
Group 4 Experimental Sciences
Group 5 Mathematics & Computer Science
Group 6 The Arts and Electives
Section 5: Reflecting
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