From Buddha to Kenya via Glasgow

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From Buddha to Kenya via Glasgow
The transition from Junior to Secondary
Information Literacy
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National Information Literacy Framework (Level C)

• Junior 6 World Religions
• Planning
• Working in groups
• Brainstorming a research area
• Devising research questions
• Thinking of keywords for searching
• Deciding on and collecting relevant information
• Presenting information
• Learning about a world religion as an individual
  and group, and sharing that information with the
  class.

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Confident Individuals Pupils of all abilities
had a role to play in the group research. All
contributions were equally important.
Successful learners Pupils responded
enthusiastically to the task and were
aware that they were in control of their own
learning and the outcome of the research.
Curriculum for Excellence
Effective contributors All pupils had to
contribute a piece of information To the
project.
Responsible citizens Pupils learned about a
world religion. They also were aware of the
various religions within the class and used
their peers as educators.
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We could have given them lots of facts about a
religion which they would forget within the week!
Hopefully they will use the skills again and
again.
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National Information Literacy Framework (Level
D)Locating

• Junior 7 Family History
• Locating
• Select best potential resources that are valid,
  understandable, relevant, authoritative and
  current.

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The girls were definitely confident in their
understanding of what the sessions were about and
have certainly used the information we discussed
to tailor the sources they are using in their
research. The first session was really helpful in
clarifying the different importance of sources in
relation to your chosen subject.
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S1 Geography The development of Glasgow
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Kenya
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I learnt how to approach an enquiry, and I feel
if I was given something like this to do again I
would be more confident and organised as I know
the right steps to do in the right order.
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From Buddha to Kenya via Glasgow
Information Literacy