Inquiry Learning: Can Schools Do It Without Libraries?

About this episode

The episode discusses the necessity of libraries and librarians in implementing inquiry learning through FOSIL in schools.

We start this podcast with an update. Where are we now with FOSIL and inquiry learning? If you want to skip this part and just listen to our focused discussion, please start at 12.09m. We are heading back to the FOSIL Symposium that we ran in Feb this year to discuss something that has been on my mind. David Harrow from AKS Lytham did a presentation about the use of inquiry and particularly FOSIL in his school. There was not much talk about the use of the librarian and it got me wondering… Do schools need a library and a librarian to use FOSIL? We would love to hear your thoughts on this so if you have any please do post a comment. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit elizabethhutchinson.substack.com

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Hutchinson

Topics covered

• inquiry learning
• school libraries
• FOSIL
• education
• librarianship

Keywords

• inquiry learning
• FOSIL
• school libraries
• David Harrow
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AKS Lytham, FOSIL

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