Open AccessThe Role of the School library and the School librarian in the context of new curricula
Author(s) -
Ivana Perić,
Danijela Riger-Knez,
Tanja Telesmanić,
Hajdi Škarica,
Mišela Nežić
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7395
Subject(s) - curriculum , memorization , information literacy , context (archaeology) , pedagogy , task (project management) , reading (process) , digital literacy , process (computing) , curriculum framework , subject (documents) , mathematics education , literacy , computer science , sociology , psychology , engineering , political science , world wide web , paleontology , systems engineering , law , biology , operating system
Concerning the development and the opportunities provided by new technologies and changes in social reality, the task of educational staff is to raise and educate responsible participants in the learning process adaptable to new situations of learning in the digital age, the age of vast information, and therefore be prepared for life-long learning. As school librarians are recognised as educated and essential collaborators in this task, which is common to all educational staff, it is necessary to operationalise their role in the educational system in Croatia and encourage development of new curricula.
This paper proposes a framework for a programme, which has a starting point in new subject curricula and extra-curricula topics.
It starts from the constructivist approach of teaching where at the core are students who do not memorize facts but are capable of solving problems through active research and interaction with information and thus creating new knowledge. This approach encourages students to be critical thinkers, express themselves freely, be creative and strengthen their confidence in their quest to acquire competencies that develop the proposed framework for a library programme in information and media literacy education, and promoting reading.