Information Literacy

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Supporting information literacy development

Caldervale High School’s Professional Development Group created a new S1 English project to help pupils develop information literacy skills.

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Developing note making skills

Craigholme High pupils improved their note making and research skills to enhance their grasp of geography and modern studies.

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Family history project

Craigholme Primary learnt about selecting and evaluating relevant sources of information within a family history project.

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Researching world religions

Craigholme Primary School's programme encourages children to use ICT skills to research world religions.

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Helping senior pupils with research

Dunbar Grammar finds a way to help history students decide on the information they need, where to find it and how to cite sources of information.

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Information literacy using the ExPLORE model

The project is part of Gracemount High School's School of Ambition three-year transformational plan.

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Developing S1 information literacy

James Gillespie's High School is keen to develop pupils' ICT skills. It has a library resource centre where S1 pupils take part in role-playing activities.