Just a Little Thing: At the Heart of 21st Century Learning Must Be Reading

Points of Inquiry

By Moira Ekdahl

Just a Little Thing: At the Heart of 21st Century Learning Must Be Reading

Abstract

Following leading a major physical re-design of a traditional high school library, this teacher-librarian delves into leading co-teaching experiences through “reading driven by inquiry, joy, and conversations”. Includes detailed examples and results of a chemistry “news flash” collaborative project.

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Moira EkdahlMoira Ekdahl, Liaison Chair, BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association

Before becoming the Teacher-Librarian Consultant for the Vancouver School District in 2007, Moira Ekdahl was a classroom teacher of English, Social Studies and Geography and then Department Head, Resource Services, at Gladstone Secondary School. She has an MA, Social and Educational Studies, and her TL diploma from UBC. Presently she has responsibilities for TL professional development and school library program development in 109 schools in a busy and diverse urban environment.