Standard: Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning
Theme: Designing for a Participatory School Culture
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: LLC engages learners to participate in events to build school culture.
This university resource for teachers builds children’s understanding of the world through environmental inquiry.
University of Toronto (2014). Natural curiosity. Toronto, ON: The Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study.
http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/
This article provides background on the first ever, highly successful “I Read Canada Day”, inspired by author Eric Walters and the result of many organizations including Canadian School Libraries working together to make it happen. Many twitter responses with photos are included from participants across schools in Canada including political leaders and celebrities reading Canadian. The article concludes with a summary of remarkable themes that emerged as schools celebrated on February 19.
Brooks Kirkland, A. (2020, March 6). School Libraries Celebrate I Read Canadian Day. Canadian School Libraries Journal 4 (1). Retrieved fromhttps://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/school-libraries-celebrate-i-read-canadian-day/
In this paper an Ontario teacher-librarian shares strategies she has introduced toward building a participatory culture at her school Library Learning Commons. She has taken a ‘beyond the timetable’ approach to opening up the LLC environment and has observed not only good attendance at the clubs and activities organized in the LLC, but the added benefit of increased student engagement and involvement school wide.
Brown, J. (2025). Embracing participatory learning through LLC extracurricular programming. Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 8 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TMC8_2025_Brown.pdf