Mobile phone debates in school continue heating up, as recent governmental guidance from the Department for Education (DfE, 2023) recommends bans across English schools to alleviate distraction and discipline issues. While such swift prohibition seems an easy fix, the policy directive appears a knee-jerk response lacking thorough consultation with key education experts (Norden, 2023). Outright …
Sarah Pavey explores the link between Library Services and Student Well-being as we approach a new academic year. As the academic year begins, new undergraduates are on the cusp of stepping into the world of higher education, armed with not just academic knowledge but for a minority also a valuable skill set acquired through their …
In this blog post, Sarah Pavey, the CILIP Information Literacy Group Schools’ co-rep, reports back on the second meeting of the BRIDGE Project. Her report from the first meeting is also available to read on the Information Literacy Group’s website. Stéphane Goldstein (InformAll) and myself (SP4IL) continued our journey with the BRIDGE project (BRIDGE, 2022) …
Being part of an international research team is indeed an incredible opportunity and Stéphane Goldstein (InformAll) and myself (SP4IL) felt honoured to be invited to join an Erasmus proposal consortium to consider transmedia products to enable information literacy teaching in primary schools. The resulting successful bid to the European Union resulted in the formation of …
Sun, Sea, Sangria ….and information literacy – Sarah Pavey Read More »
Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022 Theme: “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative“ Global Media and Information Literacy Week, commemorated annually, is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy for All. The main theme of this year’s week (24-31 October) is “Nurturing …
Global Media and Information Literacy Week (24th-31st October): Free events – book now! Read More »
In our latest blog post, Sarah Pavey, the School Libraries representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group, talks about current ways that are normally used to teach fake news and instead suggests that a flipped approach is best. We may settle down and watch the latest episode on television of members of the public delving …
Is this a genuine article…….and how would we know? Read More »
This post is from Sarah Pavey, one of the Information Literacy Group’s School representatives. On 17th February 2022, the UK Government issued new guidance to state sector schools and academies for the teaching of sensitive and controversial topics in the classroom and in extra-curricular events (DfE, 2022). The guidance contains no further legal obligations than …
New impartiality guidance for schools: a need for media and information literacy? Read More »
Sarah Pavey, Schools Representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group, reports on a recent UNESCO webinar to launch the Global Standards on Media and Information Literacy Curricula Development Guidelines. On 11th November 2021 I attended a webinar offered by UNESCO as part of their Media & Information Literacy Week. This was to celebrate the publication …
Sarah Pavey, Schools Representative for the Information Literacy Group, considers recent curriculum reforms in Scotland and Wales and their implications for information literacy and for school librarians. The current COVID-19 pandemic has perhaps spurred some education bodies to reflect on the efficiency of their curricula and the intended learning outcomes. The necessary replacement of formal …
Curriculum for change in education: lessons for librarians from devolved governments Read More »
