Linking Cross Curriculum, Essential learnings and Information Literacy

Education authorities and the national curriculum board have prioritized the implementation of a national curriculum. As teachers we need to be aware of the national curriculum and changes it will bring. School education is responsible for laying the important foundations for the students future. However we can't be aware of whether what we teacher a student in grade 1 will be relevant in 10 years time.

Cross curriculum priorities are subject areas that are considered by the education governing body as being an essential topic of study. Such as Maths, Literacy and ICT.

Essential learning is learning effectively. Refer to the organisers listed below

Organisers of essential learnings:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Investigating and designing
- Producing
- Evaluating
- Reflecting (KA,I,P,E,R)

Information Literacy Describes the skill set and associated literacy a person uses to work with information.

Further Notes:

• Frameworks for Information Literacy- Super 3 for younger children and the Big 6 for older students.
• A Consistent Framework -
• Allows you to build on Information Literacy.
• Help built a recognition of explicit ways of working with information that ensures they are better.

Definitions:

Analysis - Is the investigation of component / area.
Synthesizing - This should be done after analyzing. It is the process of taking what you have analyzed and applying it to your own understanding.