Real and Relevant – 21st Century Learner
Real and Relevant – Information and Critical Literacy Skills for the 21st Century Learner’ (Early and First Level)
The Scottish Information Literacy Project has been awarded funding by Learning and Teaching Scotland to work with Learning and Teaching Scotland in an area which is a key area for both Learning and Teaching Scotland and the Scottish Information Literacy Project. One of the Project’s ‘products’ is the first draft of the National Information Literacy Framework Scotland which is a Framework linking specific information literacy skill levels to appropriate Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework levels from primary school to workplace and lifelong learning levels. We are currently extending and redrafting it to make it a genuine lifelong learning policy document in line with the Scottish Government’s ‘cradle to grave’ educational strategy. We will be working with Learning and Teaching Scotland’s Literacy Team on a project entitled:
‘Real and Relevant – Information and Critical Literacy Skills for the 21st Century Learner’ (Early and First Level)
The Project’s aims are:
To create a quality CPD Information Literacy resource pack whose target audience will be Early Years (primary 1-2). This will contain:-
- Background Information re Information Literacy
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Supporting resources
Learning and Teaching Scotland is constructing a resource called ‘Real and Relevant - Information Literacy Skills for the 21st Century Learner’ which is aimed at the upper primary/early secondary stages. This resource reflects the purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence as well as linking with specific outcomes from the Literacy and English framework. The Project, aimed at early and first level, will help us to extend the early years component of the Framework. Both projects should complement existing work already carried out by Learning and Teaching Scotland in this area, e.g. the structure and terminology that has been adapted to be in keeping with primary practice and the CfE literacy and English framework.
- Curriculum for Excellence Literacy Experiences and Outcomes - information literacy can be found within the following sections:
- finding and using information include, in reading, critical literacy skills
- understanding, analysing and evaluating statements encourage progression in understanding of texts, developing not only literal understanding but also the higher order skills
Project Timescale
2009 - January 2010
For further details email: christine.irving@gcal.ac.uk
