Culturally Relevant and Responsive School Library Learning Commons
Quotations from the Papers
"The documentation and sharing of learning in
our makerspace has indeed made learning visible and has kindled
conversation about making across the curriculum, resulting in an impact on
teaching and learning not only in the library learning commons makerspace,
but across the school." MelanieMulcaster
"Through the implementation of the library
learning commons model, there will be more opportunities for wisdom to be
cultivated, shared, and applied to students’ learning, and in the development
of effective teaching and learning approaches."
"The entire school community should be a safe
and supportive environment for all learners to develop, understand and value
their own identity as well as the identity of others. The school library
learning commons can be very instrumental in setting the tone for
self-discovery and inclusiveness."
“As instructional leaders, teacher-librarians
should always be thinking about ways to integrate reconciliation and Indigenous
cultures within their schools…….. As educators, we have a tremendous role to
play in the shaping of the Indigenous narrative in Canada. What we do, say, or
don’t do and say, how we teach or the perspectives we champion in our Library
Learning Commons have a tremendous impact on our students - Indigenous and non-Indigenous,
alike.” Jo-AnneGibson
"Changing our practice as educators often
requires changes in the way we think about the world, that is, changes in our often-unexamined
assumptions about what is reality. The work of considering new-to-us
theoretical frameworks and discourses is difficult and often
uncomfortable."