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Teaching and Learning Swanshurst Learning Resource Centres Facilities, Resources and Services Supporting the learning ex

Teaching and Learning Swanshurst Learning Resource Centres Facilities, Resources and Services Supporting the learning experience. Facilities. Study area Computers Printing Scanning Photocopying Video conferencing. Resources. Journals Biological Sciences Horizons

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Teaching and Learning Swanshurst Learning Resource Centres Facilities, Resources and Services Supporting the learning ex

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  1. Teaching and Learning Swanshurst Learning Resource Centres Facilities, Resources and Services Supporting the learning experience

  2. Facilities • Study area • Computers • Printing • Scanning • Photocopying • Video conferencing

  3. Resources • Journals • Biological Sciences Horizons • Business Review Katapult • Chemistry Review Media Magazine • Community Care Modern History Review • Le Cometa New Internationalist • Dialogue Nursery World Catalyst • Drapers Record Nursing Times Dance Now • Early Years Update Physics Review TBK Magazine • E-magazine Psychology Review Wide World • Étincelle Religious Studies Review • General Studies Review Sociology Review • Geography Review Understanding Global issues

  4. Resources • Loan Collection • Newspapers • Cuttings & Topic Files • Reference Collection • Online Subscriptions • Publications

  5. Online Subscriptions • Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection • Britannica Online Schools Edition • ProQuest Learning: Library • Curriculum Online • Grove Art • Grove Music • UK Reference Centre • E-magazine • Media Magazine

  6. Services: Students • Reservation Service • Online Library Catalogue • Information Request Service • SDI Service • Reduced rate magazine subscriptions • Training sessions

  7. Training sessions • Online resources • Bibliographic citation • Literature searching

  8. Additional Services • Background information searches • Subject bibliographies for specific topics

  9. Developments • Library web pages • Online Library Management System • User guides –subject bibliographies, information skills, other information providers…

  10. Research and study skills: Year 7-9 objectives DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

  11. Knowledge and skills needed Year 8 pupils have been asked to use the library to research a topic. Their task is to create notes for a brief presentation. Art Pop art Design & Technology Packaging English Charles Dickens Geography Tourism History The Industrial Revolution Maths Properties of a circle MFL Food and eating habits in Spain Music African music PE A sport they do not know how to play Religious Studies Christianity Science Acids and alkalis Adapted from DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

  12. Knowledge and skills needed for research tasks • Using the LRC • Know numerical order • Find correct shelves/right section of the LRC • Chooses the relevant books/websites • Understand the forms and features of different text types • Search using contents, index, key language: skimming and scanning • Select relevant pages/sections • Look for hotlinks/cross-references to other texts/sources • Distinguish between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity • Extract the relevant information quickly and efficiently: scanning • Record the information: note taking • Know when copying is useful DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

  13. Knowledge and skills needed for research tasks • Using ICT • Know which search engines/sites may be best for the topic • Find the relevant websites using key language • Search for relevance using key words • Select relevant sections • Look for hotlinks/cross-references to other texts/sources • Ignore unnecessary information • Create notes by printing selected pieces of texts • Synthesize and summarise information

  14. Information Literacy Skills Decide what information is needed Locate sources of information Select individual resources Retrieve information Process the information Record the information Review the task Present the information Evaluate the task

  15. Making the most of the LRC Plan independent research units of work with the LRC Prepare pupils for research before they come to the LRC Question formulating, keywords, specific expectations, outcomes…

  16. The Learning Resource Centres Supporting the learning experience • Providing a range of appropriate resources, services and facilities • Supporting the development of independent learning skills across the curriculum

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