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Ontario Ministry of Education 2013 Consultation on Ontario’s Education Strategy: OCULA’s Response

This past fall the Ontario Ministry of Education launched a series of regional consultations to look at the next phase for Ontario’s Education Strategy. While this is a broader initiative than school libraries, this was an opportunity to continue OLA’s advocacy efforts related to the value of school libraries.   I’m proud that OLA’s division, OCULA (for college and university libraries), saw the opportunity and submitted a written response to the Ministry, emphasizing the value of school libraries for lifelong learning and the ways in which school libraries can help students succeed in post-secondary education. Their response can be found on OCULA’s Advocacy – Current Issues webpage.

Ontario Ministry of Education 2013 Consultation on Ontario’s Education Strategy: OCULA’s Response

Clip: “Students need to develop enthusiasm for learning and to be able to take responsibility for their learning. They need to be able to build knowledge collaboratively and respectfully. There are multiple literacies that students need:

• information literacy,which is an understanding of how to access information efficiently in a variety of formats (print, online, video, audio, etc.), critically assess the quality of thatinformation, and apply that information to their particular need;
• digital literacy, which addresses how to use technology appropriately within a learning context
• reading, writing, and spelling skills, which are crucial for students’ ability to do concentrated reading, in-depth analyses and critical evaluation, write papers, put together presentations, and search databases effectively. These skills are especially important for students who have grown up with texting language and all of its brevity and abbreviations.
School libraries can help support learners because libraries are a collaborative learning space that provide access to a wide range of resources and technology and allow students to control their own learning.
Library programs are inquiry-based and can help students learn a range ofliteracy skills.”

Stephen

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Posted on: December 13, 2013, 1:32 pm Category: Uncategorized

By: Stephen Abram

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